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Clément Rodzielski

Témoin Rouge

2013

Témoin Rouge, 2013

Clément Rodzielski’s Témoin Rouge is a compelling artwork that blends abstraction with cultural critique. The piece features a bold red hue dominating the canvas, with layers of textures and forms that suggest both depth and flatness. The title, translating to “Red Witness”, invites viewers to consider the role of observation and testimony within the context of art and society. Rodzielski employs a minimalist approach, yet the intensity of the red color and the subtle complexity of the surface details create a powerful visual impact. This artwork challenges the viewer to engage with the emotional and symbolic significance of the color red, often associated with passion, danger, and political movements. By stripping down the composition to its essentials, Rodzielski emphasizes the raw, visceral response elicited by color and form. Témoin Rouge becomes a meditation on the power of visual language and the ways in which art can serve as a witness to cultural and emotional states.

Like many artists of his generation, Clément Rodzielski is a well-informed observer who works with existing images in order to reveal their mechanisms of construction and circulation. But he concentrates in particular on images which are under our eyes but not seen any longer (motifs found on internet, murals in the urban settings) or don't circulate (retro cinema posters). Based on these images, he isolates motifs or signs, multiplies different supports and gestures in order to reveal their materiality (wall painting, collage, cut-outs, photocopies, stencil, spray paint) and reframe them so they can be better seen. Making abstract images and de-contextualizing them enables better attention on their pictoriality. Repeating the same operations in order to exhaust any possibilities of a gesture, Rodzielski's practice involves numerous series.

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Clément Rodzielski Témoin Rouge

Clément Rodzielski

Témoin Rouge