Revisiting the mythological motif of a lyre, abundant in 17th century imagery, imagined as a blown up pixel. As on a screen, the three-dimensional nature of the object is reduced to a compressed assemblage of saturated colours.
Language and memory are recurrent themes in Nils Jean’s paintings. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London (PhD in Visual Communication), Jean approaches painting as a form of writing. He is especially interested in questions of re-appropriation and the role of artifice in art.
Working in acrylic on canvas, Jean’s strong use of colour and pattern are influenced by his time studying fashion at Studio Berçot in Paris and subsequently working as a womenswear designer, prior to moving to London to focus on the arts. French born, Nils Jean currently lives on the South coast of the United Kingdom.
Image size
50 × 36 cm