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Les petits cireurs aux chaussures cirées Painting

François Chevalier

Switzerland

Painting, Acrylic on Canvas

Size: 27.6 W x 23.6 H x 0.8 D in

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This work is based on a scene I witnessed in 2013 in Mexico, exactly in San Cristóbal de las Casas in the state of Chiapas. In the street, four children are grouped together at a public bench. These children are forced to work as shoe shiners, a practice that is unfortunately still too common in Mexico. It is then that I realise that the tallest of the four is about to shine the shoes of one of his companions. Having never seen him afterwards, I never really knew if this was a ritual between shoe-shiners but, for me, it was something unique that I had to immortalise on a painting. When I painted on my canvas, I imagined, little by little, that these children, who were probably left to their own devices, had someone to protect them, and that we, as Westerners, could not see. I personified this protection with UV paint by a female entity like a goddess, a mother, behind the bench, protecting these lost children. Cette œuvre est basée sur une scène dont j'ai été témoin en 2013 au Mexique, précisément à San Cristóbal de las Casas, dans l'État du Chiapas. Dans la rue, quatre enfants sont regroupés sur un banc public. Ces enfants sont contraints de travailler comme cireurs de chaussures, une pratique malheureusement encore trop courante au Mexique. C'est alors que je réalise que le plus grand des quatre s'apprête à cirer les chaussures d'un de ses compagnons. Ne l'ayant jamais vu par la suite, je n'ai jamais vraiment su s'il s'agissait d'un rituel entre cireurs de chaussures mais, pour moi, c'était quelque chose d'unique que je devais immortaliser sur une toile. En peignant sur ma toile, j'ai imaginé, petit à petit, que ces enfants, probablement livrés à eux-mêmes, avaient quelqu'un pour les protéger, et que nous, occidentaux, ne pouvions pas voir. J'ai personnifié cette protection avec la peinture UV par une entité féminine comme une déesse, une mère, derrière le banc, protégeant ces enfants perdus.

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Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:27.6 W x 23.6 H x 0.8 D in

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Art in general has always had a prominent place in my life. I have been drawing, sculpting and playing music since my childhood. I have always had a passion for classical realist painting, especially the clair obscur style, and since 2013 I have been practicing realistic acrylic painting on canvas as an extra-professional activity. My paintings are inspired by photos taken during my travels around the world. My main aspirations can be summed up as follows: to capture a moment of life that has touched me and to convey more or less directly a message, a symbolism, which can sometimes lead to scenes that are part of the imagination. Most of the titles of my works are linked to the message that they transcribe. This message, this meaning of the work can be directly visible on it, or, and this is the particularity of my works, it is literally hidden. I use a UV paint that is not visible in natural light, which I finally apply to my canvas. The hidden meaning can be in written or pictorial form.

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