Artwork information

Category

Painting

Technique

Mixed media on canvas

Date

2025

Dimensions

55 cm x 34 cm

Signature

Signed on the back

Proof(s) of authenticity

Painting sold with a certificate of authenticity.

State of conservation

Very good

Framing

No

Location

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Description

Returning to his first language—the letter—Bze (Bzeland Revenant) now devotes his practice to painting on paper, canvas, and recycled materials. There, he develops a contemporary calligraphy that is not meant to be read, but felt.

His deconstructed alphabet frees the sign from its original function, transforming it into matter, vibration, and abstraction. Writing becomes texture: a trace of life, movement, breath. This approach, which he calls Neo-writer, leans toward a form of minimal abstraction, where meaning emerges through gesture rather than words.

In this work, a predominantly white surface is crossed by energetic brushstrokes—loops and swirling motions—that occupy the entire canvas. Applied with varying degrees of opacity, the paint reveals hints of a darker ground beneath, introducing a subtle depth that enriches the white without compromising its clarity.

The gestural language suggests a controlled spontaneity—a rhythm, a breathing, almost a cadence. Through superimposed and interwoven layers, the composition establishes a compelling dialogue between apparent chaos and underlying harmony—like a form of writing that has left the page to become space, energy, and presence.

The artist

Painter

Bze Bzeland

Emerging artistEmerging artist
Painter
Born in 1977
France

Bio

Bze began tagging at the age of twelve. Very early on, everything became a surface: clothing, shoes, buses, furniture, walls—anything capable of holding a trace, a sign, a name.

Alongside photography and film studies, he traveled across Europe through its underground scenes, analog camera in hand, seeking a raw aesthetic: that of the road, the street, and alternative communities and their rituals.

From 1999 onward, he shared his images in free parties and squats between Granada and Rotterdam, through exhibitions, slide projections, and textile prints.

In 2006, he published Overground, Déroutants voyageurs (Éditions Alternatives, Paris), a book assembling more than 600 photographs. A true documentary, almost sociological perspective on hippy, punk, and techno-traveler cultures, free parties, squats, protests — a world experienced from within.

His encounter with the artist Nef led to the creation of the graphic studio Nef&Bze©, dedicated to visual creation and electronic music culture.

Returning to his first language — the letter — Bze now focuses on painting on paper, canvas, and recycled materials. He develops a contemporary calligraphy that isn’t meant to be read, but felt.

His deconstructed alphabet frees lettering from its original function, turning it into matter, vibration, abstraction. Writing becomes texture: a trace of life, movement, breath.

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