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Peu d’artistes brouillent les frontières entre peinture et sculpture avec autant de liberté qu’Ortaire de Coupigny. Dans sa série emblématique des boîtes de sardines, un objet industriel banal devient le support d’un travail artistique singulier, où se mêlent sculpture, peinture et intervention sur la matière. Ces œuvres se situent à la croisée de plusieurs traditions de l’art moderne : l’assemblage, certaines références au Pop Art, ou encore une sensibilité proche d’un surré

Ortaire de Coupignys Arbeiten entziehen sich einer eindeutigen Einordnung. Seine skulpturalen und gemalten Fische in metallenen Aluminiumdosen operieren im Zwischenraum von Assemblagekunst, Pop Art, postmoderner Objektkunst und zeitgenössischem Design. Sie unterlaufen sowohl die Konventionen der Malerei als auch jene der Skulptur und Objektkunst. Es handelt sich weder um reine Assemblagen aus gefundenen Objekten noch um klassische Trompe-l'œil-Arbeiten, die Realität imitieren

Protecting Your Shikishi with Tatōshi Looking for the best way to protect your shikishi boards ? A tatōshi is the traditional solution. Made from durable washi paper, these envelopes keep artworks safe from dust, scratches, and light damage. At Art San Gallery, we offer tatōshi crafted from Mino unryū washi  — a cloud-textured paper that combines strength with elegance. Sized to fit the standard 24 × 27 cm (approx. 9.4 × 10.6 in)  shikishi board, our tatōshi provide both prac

そがひろし は、ぶつだん パネル を つかい、グリッド や はな の もよう によって いのち の じゅんかん を えがきます。 「ラスコー」 と 「きはい」 に みちびかれた さくひん は、みえない そんざい と これから あらわれる ちから を しずかに つたえます。

Hiroshi Soga transforms traditional butsudan altar panels into poetic paintings where grids, fragments, and flowers echo cycles of life and impermanence. Guided by the ideas of “Lascaux” and kihai, this article explores how his work invites us to sense an unseen presence.

During the Heian period, the practice of mounting short poems (waka) on small, square or rectangular sheets of ornamented paper became widespread in aristocratic circles. These sheets—often dyed, brushed with mica, or decorated with gold and silver—were then affixed onto larger surfaces such as folding screens (byōbu) or sliding doors (shōji), creating visually rich, multi-poetic compositions. These arrangements were known as shikishigata—literally, “in the form or style of s

This life-size work, created by Ortaire de Coupigny using wax and noir de fumée , is the result of a deliberate process blending sculpture, painting, and spirituality. The image of a naked man, standing with hands crossed and eyes closed, appears behind a translucent veil of wax, as if suspended between visibility and disappearance. The work is designed to be viewed through the smooth reverse side of the wax panel, allowing the image to emerge from within, like a photographic

Explore figurative abstraction, where form and emotion merge. Discover key artists and techniques shaping this expressive art movement today

Few artists manage to blur the lines between sculpture, painting, and conceptual art as seamlessly as Ortaire de Coupigny.

Ortaire de Coupigny's artwork titled Punk is not dead! embodies his characteristic humor, cultural commentary, and inventive use of material

It was in the city of Le Havre, France, in 1872 that Claude Monet painted 'Impression, Sunrise,' which gave its name to the Impressionist movement. This famous painting was stolen from the Musée Marmottan in Paris on October 27, 1985. Thieves broke into the museum and pointed guns at the public. Fortunately, the painting was recovered in Corsica five years later. It seems that the thieves were negotiating with the Japanese Yakuza. We all know how Monet was fascinated by Japan

In 1922, Paul Signac spends the summer in Port Louis, Brittany. Alongside Georges Seurat, he is one of the founders of the Pointillist movement. His technique is characterised by the use of distinct touches of colour. The optical blending of colours occurs when one contemplates the painting from a distance. In Port Louis, Paul Signac paints the fishing boats using a bright palette consisting of cadmium yellows, vermillion, rose madder, cerulean and cobalt blue, emerald green.