ガゴシアン・ギャラリーさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ガゴシアン・ギャラリーInstagram)「Known for his kaleidoscopic abstract works, Simon Hantaï originated the technique of "pliage" (folding), in which a canvas is crumpled and knotted, uniformly painted over, and then spread out to reveal a matrix of alternations between pigment and ground. Hantaï began creating these “pliage” paintings in 1960, conceiving of the process as a marriage between Surrealist automatism and the allover gestures of Abstract Expressionism. The artist died at his home in Paris on this day, September 12, in 2008, leaving behind a corpus of fractal-like compositions whose surfaces exist in flux between deliberate and arbitrary mark making. Earlier this year, surrounded by the exhibition "Simon Hantaï: LES NOIRS DU BLANC, LES BLANCS DU NOIR" at Gagosian, Le Bourget, the late artist’s three sons performed a concert inspired by the works on view. Follow the link in our bio to watch the video. __________ #SimonHantaï #Gagosian Simon Hantaï in his studio, Meun, France, 1967. Artwork © Archives Simon Hantaï/ADAGP, Paris. Photo: Édouard Boubat」9月12日 18時08分