BAPTISTE LAURENT (Nantes, France, 1980). Lot n° 14

BAPTISTE LAURENT (Nantes, France, 1980). "Garrote shadow", 2018. Acrylic and enamel on paper. Attached certificate issued by the author. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. It has a handmade frame. Size: 110 x 110 cm; 120 x 120 cm (frame). This work belongs to the series Exit, which gave rise to a set of three exhibitions that were shown at the Museo Nacional de Antropología in Madrid, the Alianza Francesa in Madrid, and the Galería Gazzambo. The series deals with travel and exile, attempting through the paintings to evoke dreams of the traveller. Baptiste Laurent is a visual artist based in Spain since 2007. Founder of the shared artists' studio, Latolier, located in the Barrio de Usera, Madrid, Spain. He has exhibited in different artistic and cultural institutions such as Espacio Seara, Palais de Tokyo, Gazzambo Gallery, Alianza Francesa, Museo Nacional de Antropología, and Espacio FL among others. He has developed his artistic practice as a self-taught artist in parallel to his studies in political science and art history. He has been an art director and manager of cultural projects in numerous cultural and artistic institutions (Palais de Tokyo, La Maison Rouge, Venice Biennale, Gallería Continua, among others). His traditional medium is painting, but he also works in sculpture and, mainly, on projects with a strong literary, social and anthropological component. In his recent publications "Bajo el mismo mar" and "Exit", he has already experimented with collaborative creative work with literary authors. He is an anti-academic, eclectic painter who likes the syncretism of pictorial styles, and who vacillates between neo-figuration narrative, graphic painting, urban art and abstraction.