Dense Cross-Hatching Adds Deceptive Volume to Albert Chamillard’s Geometric Drawings
All photographs © Albert Chamillard, shared with permission
On classic ledgers and notebooks, artist Albert Chamillard (beforehand) harnesses the facility of crosshatching and easy outlines to render flat, geometric shapes that seem to emerge from the web page. The meditative works make the most of various densities so as to add depth and quantity to clusters of cylinders or undulating, ribbon-like kinds. By rendering each bit in a monochromatic palette of black or crimson, the artist attracts consideration to the meticulously laid strains and misleading dimension of the kinds.
At the moment, Chamillard is getting ready for a solo present opening on December 3 at Etherton Gallery in Tucson, the place he lives. He’s additionally been collaborating with Hermès on a sequence of works quickly to be launched, and you may comply with updates on these items and discover an archive of his painstaking drawings on Instagram.
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