RENAR (born 1987). - Lot 2

RENAR (born 1987). Portrait of WEMBY (Victor WEMBANYAMA). Black acrylic paint on 300-gram Canson Montval sheet. 100 x 70 cm. THIS WORK WILL BE FINISHED LIVE BY RENAR DURING THE EVENING BEFORE FACING THE AUCTION. A PHOTO IN PROGRESS WILL BE POSTED ONLINE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SALE. Note : RENAR was born in Tours in 1987. He has always been attracted to drawing, and it was towards this subject that he turned for his studies. After graduating as a computer graphics designer in 2010, he and other students in his class formed an artists' collective and worked on various advertising and artistic projects. But the professional world of graphic design bores him because he can't give free rein to his creativity. To break out of his work routine, RENAR started painting portraits in black acrylic on Canson paper. As his work progressed, RENAR developed an atypical, personal technique that would become his trademark. He uses used brushes to apply the paint more "accidentally" on the sheet, and a cutter blade to scrape the acrylic and create more detail and substance. He found this technique by chance, without looking for it, by practicing and testing, and it's what gives his portraits their realistic strength. His aim is to move towards photographic realism in black and white, while retaining the raw aspect of his painting technique. Over the years, this technique has been refined, enabling him to create numerous portraits that he sees as tributes to the personalities who have influenced him. RENAR draws his inspiration from many fields: cinema, sport, music and even politics.