Alba

With ALBA, Sébastien Allart presents an intensely expressive portrait built from a dense network of free, energetic and spontaneous lines.
The female face gradually emerges from this intricate graphic structure. Her eyes immediately capture the viewer’s attention, while the lines running across the face, hair and shoulders create a constant sense of movement and vibration.
The artist plays with the contrast between carefully defined details — the gaze, lips and facial contours — and a more instinctive, almost gestural approach to drawing. This tension between control and spontaneity gives ALBA its distinctive energy and powerful visual presence.
The black-and-white composition further emphasizes the expressive strength of the work, allowing the rhythm and materiality of the line to take centre stage. Viewed up close, the piece reveals the complexity of its construction; from a distance, the portrait regains its full coherence and intensity.
With its 100 × 80 cm format, ALBA naturally becomes a strong focal point in a contemporary interior, whether residential or professional. A graphic, sensitive and distinctly contemporary work for collectors drawn to expressive portraiture and bold visual language.