OASIS

Together we work with sensitive materials. The resulting artworks are not fixed but in constant adaptation with their environment and its multiple constituent factors. In a partnership with the material and its possibilities, we give birth to shapes that we let blossom without having a direct influence on them.

Our paintings darken or brighten slowly in shades ranging from pink to blue while cristallisation patterns spread or retract at the pace of ambient humidity. The weather conditions and the specificities of the occupied window are crucial parameters that forge the « painting ». Likewise, the fabric support and type of stretcher have an impact on the created surfaces. They also register the hits of their manipulation and the transport that can leave marks. Undisciplined, the paintings have an elusive and atypical behavior. Varying from a nearly monochrome to an expressionist or even kitsch rendering, the surfaces cannot obey any aesthetic desire on our part.

Through all these factors that interact directly with the chemical process, a canvas is never the same twice. In its own way, our project marks the passage of time, punctuating the routine of the passer-by throughout the exhibition. The changes can surprise a regular passer-by and invite the viewer to return to witness them.