Jean-Baptiste Sauvage

Jean-Baptiste Sauvage was born in 1977 in Saint-Étienne (FR), he lives and works in Marseille (FR)

Whether he borrows logos or motifs from advertising to reinject them into reality or bases his work on specific research such as the Olt project, his practice is most often developed through in situ gestures. He also favors collaborations with other artists or graphic designers. With no preferred medium, his interventions can unfold in urban environments (as in the mural painting series he began in 2011) or in exhibition spaces. His work also extends through editorial projects (On Forme in 2009, Razzle Dazzle / Blue Line in 2014). Image, both as a tool and a medium in its own right, emerges as a key component in his approach, asserting the foundational link between spatial thinking and visual practice. In this perspective, publishing through a diversity of formats becomes an integral part of the work, both as a counterpoint and an extension of his artistic approach.

As a sometimes non-objective trace, the image conceived simultaneously as a medium and a tool plays a crucial role, carrying a reflection on the ideologies and dysfunctions revealed by the formalization and pictorialization of our living spaces.

Text by Anne Giffon-Selle, CAP Saint-Fons, 2013