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Painting, Gouache on Paper
Size: 28 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in
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This is part of a series of drawings/paintings after real Kachina Dolls that a collector friend lent me earlier this year. I have been interested in Native art for some time and became fascinated with the Kachina dancers and dolls after visiting a exhibition and seeing some rare video footage of Hopi ceremonies. In this series my goal was to express the mystery and energy coming from those spirits, making them accessible and relevant to our times. I worked with splashes and dripping contrasting with lines that are free and clean. I also combined pastel and ink. The result is raw, almost savage, and yet not denied of humor.
Painting:Gouache on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:28 W x 40 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
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My work is about painting itself, as a powerful medium. As stated by McLuhan, “the medium IS the message” and it is the focus of my research. I constantly ask myself what else can be done, what new problem can be solved. For example, what will happen if I pour very liquid paint on a thick layer of fresh paint? Will it hold? Will it create innovative textures and more space on the canvas? Or let’s remove the paint right after I put it on, and see what kind of mark it leaves on the surface and how I can build on it. I use art to answer those questions, always pushing the medium further, to places I did not go before. I almost feel like an alchemist in my studio. I yearn to reinvent myself with each painting. My work examines the tensions between chaos and order, it explores how turmoil can generate harmony if it is carefully channeled. This is a dilemma that I also observe in society and humanity as we are constantly leaning towards one or the other. Like life itself, my painting is in perpetual movement, always modified by the mere act of painting, where time becomes an instrument, an ally and not an enemy. I am very much interested in the effect that my work has on people. Each painting is an extension of me and a direct way to reach people. Like a lightbulb, it creates an environment for the viewers just by being there. It is a window, a passage to another space and time and also a mirror for the viewers as the painting allows them to look into themselves. I am originally from France and in my formative years I was influenced by different movements such as Lyrical abstraction or Tachism and Art Informal, particularly because of the place they leave to intuition and non-premeditation. I am continually developing my own style using what I call pictorial free association (for example, one shape, one specific color calls for another specific shape and color). I also do a lot of “paint-drawings”, using nozzles bottles filled with tempera paint as pens. This give a very spontaneous and originality to the drawing gesture. My subjects vary greatly, from a study of a Giotto’s fresco to a Native American Kachina, because these are supports for my exploration of the medium. Although I am always very much connected to the subject I choose, the main focus remains the medium and how I can improve its efficacy at relating to the viewers. To me art is a personal quest, a spiritual one and it is also a path to join with fellow humans.
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