Supercritical Fluid-3, 2022

Continuing his exploration of fluid materiality and hypermodern textures, *Fluide Supercritique-3* embodies the singular approach of César Bardoux. This oil on canvas, measuring 162x130 cm, testifies to the artist's fascination with the transitory states of matter, oscillating between quasi-scientific precision and the poetry of contemporary alchemy. There we find the characteristic tension between traditional pictorial execution and digital influences. The pictorial surface, worked with meticulous attention, suggests translucent volumes in constant mutation, recalling the amniotic fluidity dear to the artist. Distorted geometric frames, barely perceptible, blend into the chromatic flow, evoking a hybrid temporality where ancestral techniques meet the possibilities offered by 3D modeling. The light, diffuse and enveloping, contributes to the dreamlike and introspective atmosphere of the work, inviting the viewer to contemplate matter in the making, questioning our bodily memory and our aquatic origins. *Supercritical Fluid-3* is a fascinating study of the textures of hypermodernity, a post-human phenomenology where matter seems to free itself from its physical constraints.