Boiteux Etienne | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography

Etienne found the medium of paint more fascinating than the flat surface of advertising graphic work, finding inspiration in his different travels (Turkey, Burkina Faso), natural elements (water, earth, air, fire) and in his urban environment. The artist defines his melancholic works as "scenic abstraction". Searching for a language that is void of all artifice, Etienne doesn't hesitate to question the medium in an "archaeological" approach to art. His colour palette is reduced to a minimum. This purist conception of art shows the influence of his models, Antoni Tàpies, Pierre Soulages, Alberto Burri and Anselm Kiefer. A constant need for novelty pushes him to explore different techniques (painting, collage, engraving) and to use different and varied materials (resin, zinc, lead, coal, glass, gold leaf…).