

Miguel Chevalier French, b. 1959
Displayed vertically on the wall on a 75’’ LCD screen in a wooden frame
Frame: 184 x 112 x 16 cm (72 1/2 x 44 1/8 x 6 1/4 inches)
In his exploration of the light reflected by the surface states of black, Pierre Soulages has opened up new perspectives in artistic perception. Before his paintings, the spectator is invited to a unique sensory experience, captivated by the way light interacts with the various streaks, flat areas, and textures of the surface, creating an infinite range of black variations.
In a contemporary register, Miguel Chevalier seizes digital tools to explore the potential of brightness, contrasts, and colorimetry. His works, such as "Liquid Pixels" (Blue & Black) 2024, present themselves as streams of moving "virtual paintings," where different shades of colour merge and unfold on canvases/screens.
What emerges from this encounter between art and technology is a true exploration of the possibilities of the digital medium. Chevalier's canvases/screens continuously metamorphose, revealing changing textures that offer a unique artistic experience. The traces of virtual paint, whether in variations of blue, red, or white, blend and merge into the black, evoking a perpetual fluid movement of appearance and disappearance.
In summary, this creation can be perceived as a contemporary form of "electronic dripping," where the boundaries between materiality and virtuality blur and renew in relation to time.