"As a self-taught artist, I do still concentrate on studying the postwar artistic avant-garde as well as the political and social life that surrounds us. For me, abstract art doesn't mean that it is abstracted by our day by day living, but that it goes beyond to reach a biggest dream."
Who's degenerated now? - Collage on paper 11.6 x 17,4 x 0.1 in.
Multidisciplinary artist, Benoît Tremblay aka Bent was born in Montreal’s Southwest Borough in 1975. An autodidact, he never studied art in an institution and he happily sees himself as an anti-academic artist. His influences are as wide as a 1000 colours you might place on a palette at the same time.
From Pollock to Basquiat, via Asger Jorn, Lee Krasner, Georg Baselitz or Gil Joseph Wolman and Guy Debord, the painter Bent tries his best to create visual reflections that can disturb life. Since 2004, he has had over 10 solo exhibitions and participated in 7 group art shows. He loves to travel and he sometimes creates work abroad that he finishes in the comfort of his workshop in his garage in Montreal.
Cut dead inside me - Acrylic, paper and ink on canvas 36 x 36 x 2 in.À propos du soleil de minuit - Acrylic, tempera and ink on canvas 24 x 30 x 2 in.
Saouler l'ennuie aux abords des vides - Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 24 x 30 x 2 in.These unknown roads - Acrylic, enamel, charcoal and ink on canvas 40 x 48 x 1 in.
