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France
Painting, Acrylic on Paper
Size: 11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0 D in
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Patrick Gourgouilat draws on his childhood memories and in particular on a trip to Turkey in 1974... At the age of 9, the artist recreates, like a patchwork, the images anchored in his memories of his stay in Istanbul. "One Simit, Please! "features several elements: a pink bear dancer, a water carrier, slippers, an evocation of the Basilica of Saint Sophia (which has since become a Muslim place of worship), a blue-coloured lantern, flowers and sesame seeds and a saz, a traditional Turkish musical instrument. In this postcard, there is of course a simit, the famous round bread covered with sesame seeds. "I still have the taste of that bread in my mouth! With my childhood eyes, I found this bread so singular and so good" adds the artist. In this work, the artist uses the codes of Pop Art (choice of bright and tonic colours, for example) as well as a naive and figurative representation. A strange character slips into this fantastic imagery. Dressed in white and red as a nod to the Turkish flag, he appears like a magician. For, in this journey to the gates of the Orient, Patrick Gourgouillat already perceived the enchantment that travel brings.
Painting:Acrylic on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11.8 W x 15.7 H x 0 D in
Frame:Black
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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"Everything is important, everything is beautiful, everything is sad. Where do we start if we choose to tell life and make it a work of art? Michèle Mailhot My work is eclectic, both in its form and in the use of media. In general, I work in "series". I think that one of the ways of making things interesting is through diversity: the styles as well as the techniques are varied. It can be the animal world [The Animals], societal criticism [Human Behaviour], comic strip-like drawing [Mr Doggy], crazy images as if from a dream or nightmare [Short Stories], gentle melancholy [Sky Blue] or, based on my own experience, phantasmagorical worlds in a dazzling frenzy [Viva La Vida]. I am currently working on the latter series. These series are very different from each other. What interests me are the variations in energy that they imply for me. So I go from one thing to another like one goes through experiences. This is often what happens in art in general and in life in particular.
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