Louis Cane (1943)
Louis Cane
Louis Cane is a contemporary French painter, sculptor and furniture designer. Louis Cane attended the National School of Decorative Arts in Nice then the Superior School of Decorative arts in Paris in 1961. Cane was a part of the Supports/Surfaces Movement in France that lasted from 1969 to 1972 and co-founded and edited the Peinture, Cahiers Theoriques. In 1978, began sculpting again. They consisted of female figures in a traditional style. Cane focused on the concept of deconstruction of the canvas. By 1970, Cane transitioned into a series of cut-out paintings, the toiles découpées, which he worked with for several years. From 1972 to 1972, he produced a series called Sol/Mur as apart of the Supports/Surfaces movement. In 1978, Cane went from abstract painting to figuration. He reflected on the history of pictorial forms. He also started integrating sculpture into his practice. The statues were almost exclusively female occasionally appearing in form of burlesque or baroque expressionism.
| Date and place of birt: | 13 december 1943, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France |
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| Nationality: | France |
| Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Designer, Painter, Sculptor |
| Art style: | Abstract art, Hard-edge painting, Postmodern, Contemporary art |
| Technique: | Gouache, Acrylic, Acrylic on canvas, Aquatint, Mixed media, Mixed media on canvas, Oil, Oil on canvas |
| Medium: | Bronze |
