Algo - Vertige à Nantes

Vertigo in Nantes is part of an artistic inquiry into the emotional shock caused by arriving in the city, after a passage through the open and tranquil landscapes of the Breton coast.
The canvas stages an accumulation of glances, conveying the sensation of being swept up by the crowd, observed, and carried along by the perpetual flow of the great city.

The vivid colors express the sensory and mental shock of the change in rhythm:
Red, omnipresent, symbolizes the violence of moving from a calm life to an intense, active urban existence, sometimes oppressive.
The other vivid colors retain that 'pep'—intoxicating, almost euphoric—quality of the city, between excitement and suffocation.

The work is nourished by the artist’s intimate experience, living in an old maid’s apartment in the very heart of Nantes:
the nocturnal clamor, the voices and laughter of drunken students under the windows, the repetitive rumble of the tram resonating in the walls become pictorial material.
Painting translates this sensory saturation — noise, movement, glances — that transforms the intimate space into porous territory, constantly traversed by the city.

Across his entire approach, Algo develops contemporary expressive painting, at the boundary between abstraction and figuration, where gesture, trace, and chromatic violence become vectors of emotional memory and lived experience.


Artist: Algo (French contemporary artist, active in France, born in the 21st century)
Nationality: French

Title: Vertigo in Nantes

Year: 2025 (edit if needed)

Technique / Support: Mixed media on canvas (acrylic, texture, drips, gestural brushwork)

Dimensions of the work (image): 116 × 89 cm

Dimensions of the canvas: 120 * 94 (unstretched canvas, not mounted on a frame)

Dimensions of the artwork (image):
116 × 89 cm (painted part)

Framework
Unframed artwork
Canvas sold rolled, not mounted on a frame (frame not provided).

State:
Very good overall condition.
Deliberate materiality, including drips, reliefs, and impasto, is an integral part of the artistic work.
Canvas in excellent condition, with no tears or restoration.

Delivery:
Artwork sent rolled, carefully protected (rigid tube or reinforced packaging).
Shipping available in France and internationally.

Signature :
Signed, titled, and dated on the back of the canvas by the artist.

Edition:
A unique work (original piece).

Provenance
Artist's collection (France).

Documentation:
Certificate of authenticity provided by the artist.



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Easy winding:
The canvas can be easily re-stretched onto a frame after receipt by a framer or by the buyer. The canvas margins allow for re-tensioning without altering the painted area.