Evolution

What must first be understood when François Vautier speaks of evolution is the echo of chaos it generates. A litany of upheaval that leads to overwhelming overflow. At the core of his work, the artist begins by fixing a triggering element—sometimes trivial or accidental, but strangely inevitable. A flash, a collision, an accident. Then, very quickly, through a logic of events revealing themselves either in layers or in variations, he reconstructs the disorder he has initiated.

It is from chaos that life is born. And this life will create another life after it—both new and familiar. In François Vautier’s vision, the idea of continuation merges with transformation. From the mineral to the most organic, the concept constantly mutates to give rise to a form enhanced from within itself.