Born in 1977, in Xianjing (China). He lives and works in Paris.
PHD in visual arts (2017) Paris Sorbonne - ENSBA, in A. Pincas studio (2004).
His work explores the idea of the integration of an individual in society and seeks a
relationship between him and things, between his body and the landscape. His
approach combines painting and photog...
Born in 1977, in Xianjing (China). He lives and works in Paris.
PHD in visual arts (2017) Paris Sorbonne - ENSBA, in A. Pincas studio (2004).
His work explores the idea of the integration of an individual in society and seeks a
relationship between him and things, between his body and the landscape. His
approach combines painting and photography: originally a simple painting on a cliché,
the artist covers his hand with paint, on the spot; a performance that he immortalizes
in the moment by a photograph.
From 2006, he undertook a series of photographs of his painted hand, as an extension
or detour of the landscape. His hand is the central element, representing himself and his
being, telling his story. The lines of his hand are in the landscape, merging and confronting
it, like the slow process of integration of an individual into a new culture. In his latest series,
Polat integrates a glove, a tangible trace of the performance but above all a substitute for his body.