Daniel Mangin

Figures and Shadows in Reversed Light

Open your mind series

France

2023

Oil on canvas

24x30 cm

Artist about this artwork The research here involves reversing light and dark areas, without creating a photographic negative (which would be pointless). The sky is therefore dark, and the figures, instead of appearing as darker shapes against a clear sky, are, on the contrary, luminous. Their shadows are the imperfect complements of the impressionists' shadowy blues. In this chromatic exploration, it is not necessary to further specify who these figures are. However, it is relevant to separate them, through a material effect, from the background consisting of an accumulation of transparent layers.