Jean Paul Donadini France, b. 1951
88.9 x 114.3 cm
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Brosse Arrêtée Orange combines a vivid fluorescent orange field with a dramatic horizontal brushstroke that stretches across the composition. The work is framed in black and incorporates gathered white fabric pulled toward the embedded paintbrush at the right edge, creating a sculptural tension between the pristine surface and the force of the painted gesture. Thick black pigment accumulates at the leading edge of the stroke, contrasting sharply against both the luminous orange panel and the crisp white ground.
A distinctive example from Jean-Paul Donadini's Brosses Arrêtées series, the work preserves a single painting action while revealing every stage of its execution. The brush remains fixed within the composition, transforming the tool itself into part of the artwork and emphasizing the physical relationship between gesture, material, and object. The interplay of fluorescent color, textured pigment, stretched fabric, and geometric structure reflects Donadini's ongoing exploration of painting as both image and sculptural form. Through this suspended moment of movement, the artist turns process into permanence.