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David Renaud's Three Artistic Practices Since the 1980s

artist · 2026-04-23

Since the late 1980s, French artist David Renaud has developed three distinct bodies of work. His best-known pieces are unlabeled, unscaled maps with wooded areas painted in acrylic or ink. Another series involves camouflage-like decorations and fantasies of surfaces entirely covered in spaghetti patterns. The third consists of wooden discs set in slow circular motion.

Key facts

  • David Renaud has been active since the late 1980s.
  • He produces three types of work.
  • His most famous works are maps without legends or scales.
  • Wooded areas on the maps are covered with acrylic or ink.
  • The second type involves camouflage or concealment.
  • The third type comprises wooden discs in slow circular motion.
  • The article was published in artpress in September 1998.

Entities

Artists

  • David Renaud

Institutions

  • artpress

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