Luc Adrien Chaussé

Approach
MATER MATERIA

 

I am a adept of pure abstraction, with a vision of the art of painting that could be described as architectonic, even sculptural, sometimes minimalist, inspired by the master of outrenoir , Pierre Soulages, by the work of the Quebec automatists and the American painters of abstract expressionism.

With a plastic arts approach, I like to work with texture, relief, contrasts, colors and light reflections on materiality, using acrylic or mixed media paints and media, on canvases or on wood panels.

 

The phrase mater materia , often used in philosophy and poetry, represents the promordial substance from which everything originates. In contemporary art, this expression could be understood as a rehabilitation of materiality as not passive, but as an active process; a vision where it creates, rather than simply being shaped. This resonates with certain modern artistic approaches: an appreciation of process and transformation, an attention to texture, and to the inherent energy of materials.

Conceptually, mater materia symbolizes for me the exploration of matter as a generative force, an approach specific to followers of abstract painting, action painting, dripping, minimalism, abstract expressionism, Arte Povera as well as for automatists and plastic artists.
The artist does not impose a direction, but instinctively allows the materials to act; he works with processes rather than towards results. The composition seems to emerge rather than be constructed.

In my studio, each painting is an experiment, a new exploration, following no pre-established formula. Each step produces a result that inspires the next. The project evolves, changes, and orients itself according to the artistic development of the canvas.

Pierre Soulages admirably synthesizes such an artistic approach:
What interests me is what I don't know, the random way things happen. It's what I do that teaches me what I'm looking for.
(Soulages the rebel, interview with Jacques-Alain Miller).

​

By combining, contrasting or superimposing black, colors and light, I play with concepts of luminous emergence, inspired by the history of philosophy, mythology, or by the incredible aspects of reality revealed by quantum physics or astrophysics.