{"product_id":"jean-campa-1933-2024-untitled-bas-relief","title":"Jean Campa — Untitled Bas-Relief, French Lyrical Abstraction, 2006","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorking between painting and sculpture, Jean Campa (1933–2024) developed a practice centred on movement, material, and relief. Originally trained as an industrial designer, he became associated with post-war French abstraction and maintained close friendships with artists including Gérard Schneider and André Verdet. Deeply influenced by jazz, Campa sought to translate improvisation into physical form, creating works in which rhythm emerges through texture, volume, and spatial tension rather than representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this untitled 2006 bas-relief, material appears to gather and emerge from the surface in a series of irregular formations. Built from layered resin and pigment, the composition develops through relief rather than image, with textured forms advancing and receding across a dark ground. Light moves unevenly across the surface, revealing shifting depths and emphasising the work's sculptural character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreated during the mature period of Campa's career, the work reflects his longstanding interest in the relationship between mass and space. The restrained palette allows texture to take precedence, while the varied relief creates a subtle rhythm across the panel. Rather than describing a subject, the composition explores accumulation, erosion, density, and void, treating the surface as a meeting point between painting and sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtist: Jean Campa (1933–2024)\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Untitled\u003cbr\u003eDate: 2006\u003cbr\u003eMedium: Painted resin bas-relief on panel; signed and dated\u003cbr\u003eMovement: French Lyrical Abstraction\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 35 × 33 cm\u003cbr\u003eOrigin: France\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good vintage condition. Minor surface variations consistent with age and materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cultural habits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54167602659655,"sku":"ART-037","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/0540\/6023\/files\/2026-06-02_19.19.26.jpg?v=1781594098","url":"https:\/\/cultural-habits.com\/de\/products\/jean-campa-1933-2024-untitled-bas-relief","provider":"Cultural habits","version":"1.0","type":"link"}