Jean-Charles Blais – Suite Nipon Pour CB, 1985 – Linocut

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Linocut from the series "Suite Nipon pour CB".

Jean-Charles Blais’s Suite Nipon Pour CB (1985) is a linocut that presents a striking, graphic composition centered on a pair of clasped hands. Rendered in bold black and white against a vivid red background, the image emphasizes contrast and texture inherent to the linocut technique. The simplified, expressive lines carve out the figure’s torso and arms, while the hands—firmly joined—suggest themes of unity, introspection, or quiet tension. The surrounding red field, filled with abstracted interior forms, adds intensity and spatial ambiguity. Created during a period when Blais explored raw, direct imagery, the work reflects both physicality and emotional restraint within a limited but powerful visual language.

Jean-Charles Blais (France, 1956) is a contemporary artist renowned for his innovative use of torn advertising posters as canvases, creating layered compositions that blend figuration and abstraction. His work often explores themes of urban life and the human form, contributing significantly to the free figuration movement.

Jean-Charles Blais

Suite Nipon Pour CB, 1985

Name: Suite Nipon Pour CB, 1985
Brand: Jean-Charles Blais
SKU: 16747
Price: 2200.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

Medium

Linocut

LinocutLinocut is a printmaking technique similar to woodcut, where a sheet of linoleum is used as the relief surface. The design is carved into the linoleum using a V-shaped gouge or chisel, creating raised areas that form a mirror image of the final print. Ink is applied to the raised areas with a roller, and the linoleum sheet is then pressed onto fabric or paper. The printing can be done by hand or with a press.

Edition

Edition of 25

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Linocut from the series "Suite Nipon pour CB".

Jean-Charles Blais

Suite Nipon Pour CB, 1985

Limited Edition Print

Linocut

EUR 2,200

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I work with great trust in the processes of painting.

- Jean-Charles Blais

Jean-Charles Blais is a prominent artist from the international modern art movement, who enrolled at the ""École des Beaux-Arts"" in Rennes at the age of eighteen, where he studied for a five years. Several artist had a fundamental influence on his works including Nouveaux Réalistes, Pop-Art and Arte Povera of Mario Merz. Blais was inspired to begin a new type of painting after observing torn advertising posters pasted one over the other.

He developed a pictorial language that focused more on the space eluded to 'behind' the surface than the two-dimensionally formulated image conveyed by the actual surface. Blais used the multi-layering of materials and his technique for observing the coincidental patterns created by edges and folds to produce creative motifs, figurative elements, houses, animals, plants and tools on the back. He most often used print mediums and formats from etchings to ephemera. In the 1980’s he held numerous solo arts showcases in France, later in Germany and the US as well, which aided in publicizing his work known to the broader public. In 1990 his first large-scale work in a public space drew a significant amount of attention. Perhaps one on Jean-Charles Blais greatest professional achievements is being tasked with decorating the Assemblée Nationale Métro station in Paris. Currently, Blais has been exploring digital technologies and new materials in his contemporary works. (Artist website)

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Jean-Charles Blais

Suite Nipon Pour CB, 1985

65.5 x 50 cm

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