A drawing practice to experience the landscape through an immersive encounter with the elements
Yann Bagot develops a drawing practice rooted in in situ experiences in direct contact with nature. During immersive residencies along the coast, in forests, and in the mountains, he seeks to become one with the place and to live the intensity of the moment.
Tested by the terrain, his drawings explore the reactions between India ink, water, and salt on paper. Drawing as close as possible to the rising tide, at nightfall, in the rain; immersing the drawings in the sea or beneath a waterfall: the constraints of working outdoors trigger radical choices, natural movements burst into the works, and the lines are profoundly disrupted.
A multiple-time finalist for the David-Weill Prize of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (2012, 2021, 2022), Yann Bagot presents his work in exhibitions in France, Europe, and Asia.
He also devotes himself to printmaking and the creation of artists’ books, and regularly collaborates with musicians and contemporary writers. Alongside his personal work, he draws as part of the artists’ collective Ensaders, with which he takes part in performances and exhibitions and leads drawing workshops.
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