Stéphane Cipre
Born in Paris in 1968 and settled on the Côte d’Azur at the age of four, Stéphane Cipre forged his artistic gaze at the Beaux-Arts and in Art History before beginning his career in 1997. His first creations, imbued with academic figuration, gradually evolved towards a radical graphic expression. Then came the revelation: writing naturally invited itself into his work, like an evidence. From now on, words and what they represent merged into a single visual entity, where the signified and the signifier became inseparable. With surgical precision, Cipre modulates typography so that the subject appears through the letters that designate it.
Beyond this formal prowess, it is the 'art-merchandise' that nourishes his most acute reflection. Deeply marked by the disappearance of local businesses and artisans from his youth, the artist realizes a true snub to galloping globalization. What should remain immaterial and invaluable is paradoxically valued as a banal consumer product. His sculptures of letters ART, strapped, compressed, sequenced or posed on transport pallets, denounce with biting irony this dissonant reality where everything becomes commerce.
A complete artist of his generation, Stéphane Cipre combines digital creation and manual realization in the studio, mastering the entire creative process. His work shines today on the five continents, seducing prestigious foundations and discerning collectors in search of contemporary art that questions as much as it fascinates.
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