Guy Leclef

Artist Guy Leclef creates book-like compositions using paper as paint, which for him suggests the emotions of life. A virtuoso full of fantasy, constantly in search of the essence of things, he creates surprising, unusual and stripped-down amalgams. His heterogeneous collages are imbued with a touch of humor and subtle nods to our daily lives, reminding us of order in disorder. Strips of paper as paint, thick strokes, eminently thin layers, cut, impregnated, cut and glued, form the raw material of Guy Leclef’s works of art. In his work, he is constantly in search of the essence of things. Variations, sparkling art kneaded from a mountain of waste paper. His signature attention to detail makes his paper art a true adventure. For Guy Leclef, paper as painting becomes a high-flying virtuosity without falling, even for a moment, into pettiness or boredom. Call it poetic recycling.