Roland David | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

David Roland paints on the reverse side of the glass, a technique known as fixé sous verre, which demands great precision and forbids any retouching. Each work is an inverted construction, starting with the details (faces, objects) before the backgrounds, in a form of controlled anamorphosis. He uses his own binders, mixing pigments, oils, resins and Arabic glue. His art, at the crossroads of visual poetry and pictorial psychoanalysis, draws on fluids, memory and movement, and is inspired by thinkers such as Bergson. Each painting becomes a constantly shifting narrative, blending personal narrative, symbolism and transformative visions.