Richard Lamain, artist

Self-taught artist Richard Lamain has established himself in MASTERS Gallery. In his minimalist work, the clean lines and surfaces, with at most a few colours, are perfectly coordinated. His inspiration comes from geometry, architecture and 'urbex': old abandoned buildings.Text: Larissa Schaule Jullens
Image: Richard Lamain

TSSL 64

“A work constructed with hand-cut geometric shapes and half cubes of FSC certified or recycled paper with a canvas-like structure. Art in which I strive for perfection, but also for rhythm. The work that is continuously in motion throughout the day through the play of light and shadow. This characterizes my art and can be found in everything. I can be busy for hours, then I forget the world around me. It sometimes seems like a form of meditation. Comparisons are regularly made between the reliefs of Jan Schoonhoven and the zero of zero art. A beautiful quote from this artist who died in 1994:

Zero is primarily a new conception of reality in which the individual role of the artist is limited to a minimum. The Zero artist merely chooses, isolates parts of reality (materials as well as ideas derived from reality) and shows them in the most neutral way. Accepting things as they are and not changing them for personal reasons, only making changes if necessary to show reality in a more intensive way.”

Nomads II

“Just like nomads who travel around and have no permanent residence, the work is freely structured and has no framework, no boundaries. I indulge myself with this pyramid-shaped style and am constantly looking for the perfect composition. During this process I also find new inspiration and it can happen that everything is suddenly pushed aside. Then I have an idea for a certain shape and I want to focus fully on that first.”

Vanilla

“A beautiful, small and soft work, hence the name Vanilla. This time no full-fledged, dense shapes, but overlapping cut-out shapes made of cardboard. I raise them slightly, so they don't have that very robust 3D character. These types of creations are often an intermediate phase or you can see them as 'test works'. This in turn creates shapes that I can apply later, which could make these very important keys.”

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