There is a process when it comes to watch and appreciate the work of Bertrand Flachot and its many layers. First, there is the picture. The artist based in Paris, uses large photographs of mountains, forests, cities and waterscapes as the foundation of its parts. But they did not stop there.
Bertrand Flachot
Bertrand Flachot
Bertrand Flachot
Working off of natural forms and pictures of lines, Flachot embellishes them with ink, creating a threadlike summary version of the landscape that spreads past his photographic limitations. Sometimes this includes objects that are not in the picture. Finally, the limits of the real and the imaginary, or documentation and creation, become blurred.
The lines also adds Flachot used to reduce photographic images to their most basic components.
Bertrand Flachot
In this piece of forest vegetation may either evolve from a few simple lines, or if you read the other way, it seems to melt into nothing, leaving only the most basic lines behind.
Bertrand Flachot
The result is a place that seems to be in a constant state of reimagining or reinterpreting. The picture shows the "real" place, but the lines suggest movement, people, and atmosphere that make the memory of the living place.
In cityscapes and urban lines Flachot mimic the geometry of buildings and streets. This image suggests movement, and lines added to the image to create a new physical presence in an otherwise open space.
Bertrand Flachot
using different colors for lines also creates the illusion of depth.
Bertrand Flachot
Bertrand Flachot
Bertrand Flachot
Dealing with memory and try to recreate the past is something that hits close to home for Flachot. In 190, his studio, and all the works of art in it, was destroyed by fire, leaving only memories. This is a devastating loss for any artist, but bravely pressed on Flachot, using the experience as inspiration for a new body of work. The lines it added to these photos are an exploration of memory and how memories affect not only the past, but shapes the present, as well.
Flachot working in his studio.
Bertrand Flachot
Bertrand Flachot
(via My modern Met)
Some people think of drawing and photography as rivals in the world of art, but the work of Flachot shows how they can exist together beautifully.
You can see more work Flachot on its website and Facebook page.
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