Michel Mouffe

In the 1970s, the Supports/Surfaces movement explored new creative possibilities: unstretched canvases, arbitrary cut-outs… In this context, the works represent nothing other than their own material reality (a canvas, pigments, forms). Michel Mouffe is part of this movement with his work *Trilogie 2*. Seemingly silent, Michel Mouffe’s painting has much to say; beyond the traditional framework and falling short of near-monochromaticism, a keen eye perceives a whole underlying archaeology. The frame is supported by metal or wooden crossbars whose arrangement has been meticulously studied by the artist; they lie flush beneath the canvas, imprinting their presence in various ways. Indeed, the metal, in contact with the previously moistened canvas, will leave traces of corrosion, or even blisters, whilst the wood will absorb some of the paint’s moisture, whilst marking the surface more discreetly with its imprint.Numerous thin, fluid layers of acrylic are applied in criss-crossing strips, either joined or separate, using broad, flat brushes. Their transparencies overlap until they form a uniform surface, through which the colour, remembering that it is light, continues to vibrate.

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