Arthur Cordier (1993) uses discarded truck tarpaulin as the basis for his paintings. On the weathered and discoloured surface of the tarpaulin, he applies a composition of organic and abstract shapes with tape and sticker sheets.
The organic shapes are based on photos of plant leaves that he prints on vinyl, cuts out and sticks on the painting. The vinyl is partially removed, leaving the shapes partly revealed and partly concealed. In other works the vinyl is used as a temporary mask to lighten up the contours of the plants on the pvc Besides this formal research, Arthur Cordier also makes a social statement by bringing economically discarded material into his artistic process.