ᐅ Japan spirit by Laurent Minguet (2026) | Print

Artwork information

Technique

Screenprint on maple wood

Date

2026

Dimensions

37 cm x 75 cm

Dimensions with frame41 cm x 79 cm

Signature

Signed lower left

Proof(s) of authenticity

Work sold with a certificate of authenticity.

State of conservation

Very good

Framing

Yes

Location

Toulouse, France

Description

Laurent Minguet
Japan Spirit, 2026

Screenprint on maple wood
37 × 75 cm (41 × 79 cm framed)
Limited edition of 30 signed and numbered copies

Here, Laurent Minguet constructs an image that is both dual and deeply coherent, where two visions of Japan respond to one another without ever opposing each other.

On the left, the visual density of Tokyo: vertical signage, symbols, flows, layers. A city saturated with information, almost vertiginous, rendered in a precise black and white that feels graphic, nearly architectural. On the right, the controlled calm of a Kyoto temple, whose curved lines and elegant verticality establish a slower, almost meditative rhythm.

Between these two poles, a space of breathing emerges. The cherry tree, barely sketched, acts as a pivot point — a silent link between modernity and tradition, between agitation and contemplation. Above, a bold red field, evoking both the sun and a free pictorial gesture, unifies the composition while introducing a strong visual tension.

The choice of maple wood as a support extends this search for balance. The grain subtly surfaces through the image, bringing warmth, softness, and material presence to a scene otherwise built on sharp contrasts.

At the intersection of photography, graphic art, and cultural evocation, Laurent Minguet offers a sensitive reading of Japan — not a fixed one, but one shaped by fertile oppositions. A work that does not describe a place, but a sensation: that of a fragile and subtle balance between two worlds.

Provenance

Artist's Studio

The artist

Painter

Laurent Minguet

Emerging artist

Painter

Born in 1969

France

Bio

Laurent Minguet is a French multidisciplinary artist and designer born in 1969 in Toulouse where he lives and works.

Adept of acrylic on canvas from a very young age, he learns alone and paints only with a brush. Guided by automobile silhouettes, he perfected his hyperrealist style. From 1998, inspired by his first great travels, he focuses on landscapes marked by hyperurbanization.

Laurent Minguet has surveyed several megalopolises in search of the best photographic angle of iconic or arbitrary places. In his studio, he will then methodically draw them in pencil and then paint them, thus making them remarkable by the balance of their contrasts.

Since 2014, the supports he uses are of fine walnut, cherry or oak, raw or natural, which he carefully selects so that their random vintage reinforces the dynamics of an extremely detailed whole. The precise and essential line then freezes for a moment the agitation and architectural density of his graphic composition.

To break the linearity of the noble wood, the artist will work the monochrome acrylic in opposition to the photorealistic precision of the painting, thus revealing the strength of his different interpretations. The continuity of the urban landscape recreated with the brush in the illusion of a natural transparency finally marks the culmination of the work.

"The singular sobriety of my painting superimposes hyperrealism and play of illusion, suggesting several prisms of vision." Laurent Minguet