(EN)
Monochromes
(2021)
• Acrylic on canvas
• Thermoformed plastic wrap
• 900 x 900 mm
• Dyptique
This work presents itself as an orange monochrome painting, carefully wrapped in plastic identical to that used for industrial processed cheese slices — the kind found in supermarket croque-monsieur. The piece deliberately plays on confusion, combining the language of minimal art with the codes of food packaging. It questions the perceived value of the artwork, the consumption of art, and the blurred boundary between cultural object and consumer product.
This monochrome also references the history of monochrome painting, long considered a pinnacle of pure abstraction, seeking to break free from any form of figuration. Here, however, the monochrome — far from being an empty or spiritual space — becomes paradoxically highly figurative, precisely through its packaging. The artistic gesture thus creates a short circuit between pictorial sacredness and industrial banality, blurring the line between art and commodity.
Ingredients: Stretched canvas, monochrome acrylic, plastic, spray paint.
Nutritional Values: Energy: 1083 kJ / 261 kcal Fat: 20 g of which saturates: 14 g Carbohydrates: 4 g of which sugars: 4 g Dietary fiber: 14 g Protein: 12 g Salt: 3 g Fun: 100%
(FR)
Monochromes
(2022)
• Acrylique sur toile
• Pellicule thermoformée en plastique
• 900 × 900 mm
• Diptyque
Cette œuvre se présente comme un monochrome orange, soigneusement enveloppé dans un plastique identique à celui utilisé pour les tranches de fromage industriel — comme celles que l’on trouve dans les croque-monsieur du supermarché. La pièce joue délibérément sur la confusion, mariant le langage de l’art minimal avec les codes de l’emballage alimentaire. Elle interroge la valeur perçue de l’art, la consommation artistique et la frontière floue entre objet culturel et produit de consommation.
Ce monochrome fait également référence à l’histoire de la peinture monochrome, traditionnellement considérée comme l’apogée de l’abstraction pure, cherchant à se soustraire à toute forme de figuration. Ici, cependant, le monochrome — loin d’être un espace vide ou spirituel — devient paradoxalement hautement figuratif, précisément à travers son emballage.
Le geste artistique crée ainsi un court‑circuit entre la sacralité picturale et la banalité industrielle, estompant la ligne entre art et marchandise.
Ingrédients : Toile tendue, acrylique monochrome, plastique, peinture en spray. Valeurs nutritionnelles : Énergie : 1083 kJ / 261 kcal • Matières grasses : 20 g, dont saturées : 14 g • Glucides : 4 g, dont sucres : 4 g • Fibres alimentaires : 14 g
Protéines : 12 g • Sel : 3 g • Fun : 100 %
For more informations :
louis.souetre@gmail.com
© 2025 — Louis Souêtre
Monochromes
(2022)
• Acrylic on canvas
• Thermoformed plastic wrap
• 900 x 900 mm
• Dyptique
This work presents itself as an orange monochrome painting, carefully wrapped in plastic identical to that used for industrial processed cheese slices — the kind found in supermarket croque-monsieur. The piece deliberately plays on confusion, combining the language of minimal art with the codes of food packaging. It questions the perceived value of the artwork, the consumption of art, and the blurred boundary between cultural object and consumer product.
This monochrome also references the history of monochrome painting, long considered a pinnacle of pure abstraction, seeking to break free from any form of figuration. Here, however, the monochrome — far from being an empty or spiritual space — becomes paradoxically highly figurative, precisely through its packaging. The artistic gesture thus creates a short circuit between pictorial sacredness and industrial banality, blurring the line between art and commodity.
Ingredients: Stretched canvas, monochrome acrylic, plastic, spray paint.
Nutritional Values: Energy: 1083 kJ / 261 kcal Fat: 20 g of which saturates: 14 g Carbohydrates: 4 g of which sugars: 4 g Dietary fiber: 14 g Protein: 12 g Salt: 3 g Fun: 100%
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For more informations :
louis.souetre@gmail.com
© 2025 — Louis Souêtre