Louis Lambert (Lille, 1978) is a French artist living in Spain since 2001.

3ttman (pronounce “3 têtes man”) is his alter ego with three heads whom he began painting in the streets of Lille in 1999, according to the artist it depicts the profound complexity of human beings and the different views that arise from one same situation. The primitive art and its intuitive force particularly fascinate lambert. Multifaceted, he assimilates in his work popular languages to make clear the innate ability of any form of expression to transcend the mundane and become art. By paying special attention to material experimentation, he has innovated with a myriad of technics using cement, silicone, papier maché, oriental ceramics, and a wide range of different formats ranging from painting, sculptures… to large-scale mural work. To him, creative pleasure is inseparable from the process; he enjoys working and it is directly reflected in his particular style: dynamic, colorful, cheerful and authentic. His interventions have led him to work with renowned institutions such as the Tate Modern (Street walking tour 2008), El País (ARCO 2012), the Spanish embassy (realization of a mosaic wall 30 meters in Hanoi 2010), the MUVIM (Valencian Museum of the Enlightenment and modernity), and participate in top international mural festivals.

A residency at Varsi Art Lab represents, for me, the opportunity to remain deeply engaged with process and to experiment freely with the tools at my disposal. Screen printing is a profoundly artisanal technique, and I am interested in pushing its boundaries by embracing, and playing with the imperfections that naturally emerge during production, foregrounding its distinctly “handmade” character.

Whether constructing a series as a collage and intentionally incorporating registration shifts to generate visual distortions, as in Il Pappagallo; drawing directly with wax onto the film for Campeggio; or improvising large-scale monotypes for the series Nel Bosco , this residency is about freedom, experimentation, and allowing the presence of error to remain visible in the final work.

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