Claude Gean, Hashtag gagnant, 2022, Oil & Acrylic on Wood

A hashtag is a keyword preceded by the symbol # used in a digital message, allowing to act as a "meta-data" on this word in order to give it a certain importance. Tic Tac Toe, also called oxo in Belgium, is a game of reflection practiced by two players, the aim of which is to create an alignment first. By graphic analogy, the painter offers an artist's view, which combines the hashtag and the Euro and at sign symbols. Acrylic paint, aerosols and silkscreen inks on pallet wood slats, prepared and assembled. Claude Géan is a French painter, photographer and designer who has exhibited his art internationally since the 1970s. Working in expressionist pop art and an urban style, Géan translates his memories of travels, landscapes, symbols and imageserotic in his art.His method begins with a drawing which is then scanned, the choice of color being made using tables.Then he builds texture on the canvas by applying several coats of oil and acrylic paints.