Pied-A-Terre Shambhala Montréal

 Antoine Claes's painting is inspired by aspects of urban space, like technology and architecture. In his work, the artist explores contrasts such as brightness of light versus the opaqueness of dark. Technically, the artist employs superimposure, fading, smearing and build-ups using a spatula. The research is aesthetic and his commitment is based on letting the matter inspire, instead of trying to justify it in another way. Windows of warehouses, factories, office buildings become the pretext to render the impersonal nature of urban society. The artists explains that light in his work, although synthetic, brings forth an emotional response, is conductive to contemplation and awakens the imagination with an energy similar to the screens that feed our contemporary imagery.