STILL LIFES OF SPACETIME

Showing his artworks around the world, notably at the K11 Foundation (CN), the Pompidou Center (FR), the Paradise Foundation (KR) or the Palais de Tokyo (FR), Thomas Canto presents "Still lifes of spacetime".

This monograph is structured with texts written by experts in the visual arts such as Fanny Serain, Joana P. R. Neves, Styliane Phillipou, Lilly Wei, Alisson C. Meier and Thomas Fort. These writings alternate with conversations between world renowned artists like Carlos Cruz-Diez, Michael Scott, Xavier Veilhan and Thomas Canto. Thus, the reader can immerse himself in the artistic researches carried out by the artist over the past ten years, and understand their origins.

"In Canto's environments, there is a kind of morphokinetic inversion that reminds digital technology. Experiencing Canto's work is like scrolling down the text with your finger on a screen rather than moving your gaze along the page; it is like activating a device with its digital printing rather than turning a key in a lock. They represent nothing else than actions whose logic seems to be more imaginary than phenomenal and that turn round the behavior of conventional Physics."

Joana P.R. Neves