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 the shredded remnants of forgotten advertisements are transformed into high art. Schmitt captures the accidental composition of torn paper, finding a profound dia…