Pierre Alechinsky

PIERRE ALECHINSKY (Belgium, 1927).
"Troisème arrondissement de Paris".
Lithograph, copy 7/99.
Signed and justified by hand.
Measurements: 31,5 x 47,5 cm.

In this lithograph, Pierre Alechinsky transforms urban cartography into an expressive territory, where drawing and writing overlap with spontaneous energy. A representative example of his language, halfway between lyrical abstraction and the poetics of gesture.

Alechinsky is one of the most relevant contemporary Belgian artists. A founding member of the COBRA group (1948-1951), he developed an oeuvre deeply influenced by automatism, oriental calligraphy and gestural painting. Throughout his career he has worked indistinctly in painting, drawing and graphic work, exhibiting in leading international institutions. His work is kept in important institutions such as the Marion Lefebre Collection in Los Angeles, the Galerie Leolong in Paris, the Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, the MoMA, etc.