10JU23P-2010

Born in 1941, Alain Clément is a prominent figure in French contemporary abstraction. Working between Nîmes and Paris, the painter, sculptor, and printmaker has dedicated decades to investigating the interplay between colour, space, and volume.
After studying at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and training in printmaking at the historic Atelier 17 in Paris,Clément developed an approach where the flatness of the canvas is in constant dialogue with the physical weight of sculpture. While his compositions display an immediate gestural vitality, they are grounded in rigorous structural architecture. Clément's work is represented in major public and private collections, including a major donation to the Centre Pompidou.

In this 2010 canvas, Alain Clément deploys a fluid, calligraphic visual language. The composition centers on continuous, sinuous ribbons of vivid color that weave across the pictorial plane with rhythmic buoyancy. Favoring movement, lightness, and direct physical gesture over solid mass, Clément allows pure line to define its own suspended space. It stands as an example of lyrical abstraction where chromatic energy and spontaneity generate an immediate, tactile sense of depth.