"My aim wasdecorative in scope.I borrowed details from lithographs inspired by walls that I'd painted at Le Palais de Tokyo (Paris) in a way that did not allow one to see the entire text or image. I didn't want to cover the whole plate, because I like seeing food against a white background..."
Jean-Michel Alberola is a French artist associated with Figuration Libre, a movement that emerged in the 1980s and advocated creative expression without reference to culture, borders or genre. Throughout his career, he has explored the concept of the "end of painting" by refusing...
