Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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Ben VAUTIER | De qué tienes miedo? | Screen-print, 2006 — available on Composition Gallery

White handwritten script spills across a stark black ground, posing the disarmingly simple question: 'What are you afraid of?' With the directness that has defined his practice since the 1960s Fluxus movement, Ben Vautier transforms text into a confrontational artwork that demands the viewer's personal engagement. The casual, intimate cursive belies the existential weight of the question. Part of a 2006 trio of Spanish-language screenprints, this work demonstrates Ben's enduring ability to collapse the distance between art object and lived experience with a single phrase.

Artwork Copyright © Ben Vautier

De qué tienes miedo?, 2006

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White handwritten script spills across a stark black ground, posing the disarmingly simple question: 'What are you afraid of?' With the directness that has defined his practice since the 1960s Fluxus movement, Ben Vautier transforms text into a confrontational artwork that demands the viewer's personal engagement. The casual, intimate cursive belies the existential weight of the question. Part of a 2006 trio of Spanish-language screenprints, this work demonstrates Ben's enduring ability to collapse the distance between art object and lived experience with a single phrase.

Artwork Copyright © Ben Vautier

Ben Vautier

De Qué Tienes Miedo?, 2006

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,500

Ben Vautier

Es Difícil Amar, 2006

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,500

Ben Vautier

Estoy Inquieto, 2006

Limited Edition Print

Screen-print

EUR 2,500

Ben Vautier

Tout Est Survie , 1994

Painting

Acrylic On Canvas

EUR 17,900

Ben Vautier

Regardez Ailleurs, c. 1980

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

EUR 1,750

Ben Vautier

N’importe Qui Peut Avoir Une Idée, c. 1980

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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What is Figuration Libre?

Figuration Libre is an art movement that is equivalent to the French Bad Painting and Neo-Expressionism in Europe and America. The term was coined by Ben Vautier and the Fluxus movement. In 1981, Robert Combas, François Boisrond, Hervé Di Rosa, and Rémi Blanchard formed the Figuration Libre group. The term can be interpreted as free style art, emphasizing spontaneity, freedom, and a rejection of traditional artistic conventions.

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