Chloé de Valoir (1993) - BENEATH No. 01/17 XL

BIO ---
Born in the early 1990s, Chloé de Valoir is a compelling voice in contemporary abstraction, centering her practice on color and texture. Dividing her life and creative practice between three key aesthetic hubs: New York, Paris, and the South of France she brings an international perspective to the art world rooted in the physical experience of seeing. Moving between the raw energy of the American metropolis, the intellectual heritage of the French capital, and the luminous light of the French Riviera, de Valoir establishes herself as an artist dedicated to discerning collectors and premier auction houses.

STATEMENT ---
At the core of Chloé de Valoir’s practice lies an extraordinary, almost superhuman sensitivity to the stimuli of reality. This profound perception, informing every aspect of her life, translates directly into a distinct painterly language. The artist explores the world and human sensation through a rigorous analysis of color, complex structures, and unique surface textures. The multi-layered depth of her canvases constitutes the definitive clue Chloé - a distinct, tactile signature in which abstraction ceases to be a mere visual representation and becomes a tangible experience of matter.

Unlike artists who rely on spontaneous improvisation, de Valoir embraces absolute harmony and procedural precision. In her painting, there is no room for chance. Each artwork is developed as part of a meticulously conceived series, while every new collection forms a cohesive, fully realized concept with a distinct identity. This rigorous conceptual and technical discipline defines her oeuvre as mature, high-caliber art, deliberately bypassing fleeting trends to secure a lasting place within the global canon of contemporary art.

COLLECTION ---
The BENEATH collection comprises 17 abstract works in which Chloé de Valoir engages in a visual and structural reflection on the complexity of human experience. The title's underlying layer, that which lies "beneath", serves as the foundation of the artist’s painterly discourse.

In formal terms, de Valoir operates with a dense impasto of matter and a distinct color palette. The successive layers of paint applied to the canvas correspond to the evolving stages of human life, experiences, and emotions that become covered over time, yet never cease to define the whole. In certain passages, the visible structures form an organic, mature harmony, while in others, they abruptly break the originally intended direction of the composition, reflecting life's sudden twists of fate.

Each of the 17 paintings in the BENEATH cycle is a meticulous study of textural abstraction, where chance yields to a rhythmic, deliberate manipulation of matter. It is a collection of pronounced aesthetic and investment value, standing as mature proof that the true depth of an artwork, much like that of a human being, always lies beneath its most visible surface.


SHIPPING & WHITE-GLOVE PACKAGING ---

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