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French painter and designer, born in Toulouse in 1969, Laurent Minguet offers us here an original series of urban landscapes painted with acrylics, using as a background noble woods whose veining offers a dynamic, reinforced by the addition of raw colors.
For his urban paintings, Laurent Minguet surveys megacities such as New York, Sydney, Chicago, Vegas, Tokyo... in search of landscapes marked by hyper-urbanisation. Each large city he immortalizes has a worked architecture, an History...
"I paint with acrylic. Only with a brush. The detail, the ultra-detail."
Laurent Minguet is an artist already recognized and his works are exhibited in France and abroad, notably in Hong Kong. His work is followed by many collectors who appreciate the quality and the aestheticism of his works as well as the originality of his approach.
Laurent Minguet
Lost in Vegas
60 x 60 cm
€4,500
Painted in acrylic on oak wood, whose grain gives it a natural dynamic, the subject is first drawn in pencil before being painted with a brush. The bright green circle is initially laid down and then painted over in minute detail to create an illusion of transparency.
Laurent Minguet
Go to Karaoke - Tokyo
150 x 150 cm
€14,000
Welcome to karaoke (central sign). This large-scale work plunges us into the heart of the streets of Tokyo. Painted in acrylic on walnut wood, whose veining brings a natural dynamic, the subject is first drawn in pencil before being painted only with a brush. The orange drips are initially laid down, then painted over in minute detail to create an illusion of transparency.
Laurent Minguet
Soho - New York
76 x 76 cm
€6,000
The large yellow circle underlines a superb façade typical of the SoHo district and plunges us into this New York universe. Painted in acrylic on walnut wood, whose grain brings a natural dynamic, the subject is first drawn with a pencil before being painted only with a brush. The yellow circle is initially laid down, then repainted in minute detail to create an illusion of transparency.
Laurent Minguet
The Loop - Chicago
The Loop is the aerial loop of the underground in the heart of Chicago, bounded by Lake Street, Wabash, Van Buren and Wells Street.
L. Minguet immerses us in this fascinating city full of history. Painted in acrylic on walnut wood, whose grain gives a natural dynamic, the subject is first drawn in pencil before being painted with a brush. The red drips are initially laid down and then painted over in great detail to create an illusion of transparency.
Laurent Minguet
Alone in Chicago
L. Minguet plunges us into the heart of the fascinating and historic city of Chicago, where we can recognize the Loop, its famous aerial metro.
Painted in acrylic on walnut wood, whose grain brings a natural dynamic, the subject is first drawn with a pencil before being painted with a brush. The orange drips are initially laid down, then painted over in minute detail to create an illusion of transparency.
Laurent Minguet
New York Guggenheim
53 x 91 cm
€650
The Guggenheim, an iconic figure in New York, appears majestic and graphic between the wood grain.
This silk-screen printing is carried out on a veneer of fine cherry wood. The grain of the natural wood is always different, so each copy is unique! Limited edition of 90 pieces, signed and numbered.
Laurent Minguet
And the blue sky came back
60 x 60 cm
€650
Soho, Manhattan, ... an emblematic element of New York, the graphic aspect of the buildings' facades is magnificently enhanced by the blue flow of the sky.
This silk-screen printing is carried out on a veneer of fine cherry wood. The grain of the natural wood is always different, so each copy is unique! Limited edition of 30 pieces, signed and numbered.
About Laurent Minguet
Laurent Minguet is a French multidisciplinary artist and designer, born in 1969 in Toulouse where he still lives and works.
Advocate of acrylic on canvas since his younger days, he is an autodidact, teaching himself the art of brush painting while perfecting his hyperrealistic design style inspired by car “figures".
Since 1998, driven by his first extensive travelling, he has been focusing on the landscapes particularly characterized by hyperurbanization. The completion of this work required him to visit several megacities, from Paris to Sydney, searching for the right photographic angle of any ordinary or iconic places. In his studio, he will first orderly draw them with a pen before refining them in something remarkable for its balance of contrasts through painting.
Since 2014, the substrates he uses such as walnut tree, cherrywood, oak tree, whether they are natural and raw, are valuable timber carefully selected so that their random veining strengthens the dynamic of a highly detailed unit. The precise and critical line crystallizes then for one moment the restlessness and the architectural intensity of his graphical composition. To «disrupt» the linearity of the fine wood, the artist is going to use monochrome acrylic in contrast to the exhibit’s photorealistic accuracy thereby revealing the force of his different interpretations. The continuous nature of the urban landscape recaptured with a brush gives the impression of a natural transparency and marks the work’s culmination.
Text : Stéphane Gerbaulet
Expositions personnelles // Solo shows
2020 Urbanessence - Galerie Hors Ligne (Toulouse - Fr)
2019 Urbanessence - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2018 Wood City - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2018 Original - Trentotto (Toulouse - Fr)
2017 Wood City - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2016 Wood City - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2009 PolyVision - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
2005 Ianoa - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
2004 PremièresVisions - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
Expositions collectives // Group shows
2021 Matières sublimées - Macadam Arts Galerie (Le Cannet)
2020 COSMOS - Galerie Artima (Paris)
2019 Carré Rouge - Grand Marché (Toulouse)
2019 Arts urbains/Regards croisés - Duo with street artist Soone - Galerie 3.1
2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong - With Galerie Artima (Hong Kong)
2019 La Box - Galerie Ephémère (Toulouse - Fr)
2018 Winter show - Artima London (Londres - UK)
2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea - With Galerie Artima (London - UK)
2017 Summer Show - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2017 Galerie ART-NOU - Duo with catalan sculptor Miguel Vila (Begur - Es)
2017 “Pigment” - Galerie Toison d’Or (Bruxelles - B)
2016 “L’esprit en la matière” - Galerie Toison d’Or (Bruxelles - B)
2016 “Collection particulière” - Galerie Artima (Paris - Fr)
2009 Summer show - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
2005 “Protégeons l’environnement” - Polynesian parliament (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
2005 Summer show - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
2004 Summer show - Galerie des Tropiques (Tahiti - French Polynesia)
1998 Vision Urbaine - Galerie Fabrice Galvani (Toulouse - Fr)
1995 “Iperrealismo automobilistico” - Galeria Travellia (Bergamo - It)