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The Archaeology of the Urban SurfaceBorn in 1975 and currently based in the vibrant cultural hub of Lyon, Léo Schmitt has emerged as a definitive voice in contemporary digital-image art. His practice is an obsessive, meticulous exploration of Rotella Italian Décollage, a style that treats the urban landscape not as a canvas, but as a living, breathing palimpsest. Through his lens, the weathered textures of street-side billboards and th…
Scroll through Léo Schmitt's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Léo Schmitt's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.
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