Indian ink drawing

For Private Choice 2024, a new medium is making its debut in Olivier Lépront’s work: Indian ink. Giving a monochromatic character to his works, it transforms them into trompe-l’œil, with the appearance of black-and-white photographs. This process lends a vintage character to her work, which nonetheless continues to depict subjects drawn from contemporary society. In addition, the use of ink washes undermines the psychedelic appearance of the tyres usually found on the seashore. The artist captures these banal scenes of life and freezes them in an undefined environment, here the beach toy sellers seen in Cefallu in southern Italy.