Ferme en Bretagne 

Charles Lapicque's "Ferme en Bretagne" is a vibrant, graphic work, probably made with gouache or silkscreen. The colors are bright and flat, with simplified, blob-like shapes depicting the landscape of Brittany. What’s interesting here is Lapicque’s deliberate departure from traditional landscape painting. Instead of attempting to realistically depict the rural scene, he reduces it to its most basic forms. This echoes the principles of early modernism, where artists moved away from academic representation. Think about the labor involved in the production of such a work. While it may appear simple, each color and shape would have been carefully considered and applied, demanding careful attention to detail. It's a celebration of the act of seeing, filtering a familiar scene through an abstract artistic lens. It may be a painting, but has the clarity of a poster: Lapicque treats the image as something reproducible and graphic. This highlights how an image can communicate through simplified forms and bright colors. "Ferme en Bretagne" reminds us that materials and processes profoundly influence an artwork's appearance and meaning, challenging traditional distinctions between fine art and design.