Doublure Print

A session with living model moving slowly around on stool for sculptors gave me the idea to show a body in double position and slow motion. This is a kind of transformation that we all undergo during our lives. I worked spontaneously with pen, black calligraphy ink and Sennelier inks on aquarelle paper to keep the transparency. With the water, the ink changes slowly from black to blue-gray and even subtle shades of magenta. Y may ask me why does my latest artworks focus on the body ? I started by drawing human bodies as a challenging training about ten years ago. But after several years of practice, I realized that each body is like an endless exotic world to explore. No human shape can totally seal nor unveil what is inside. When I cannot travel to discover other countries, I am „mapping“ bodies in my atelier. My work with the living model is a permanent challenge to capture more than just a face and shape. The body is also a messenger of our hidden singularity. How relevant is our first impression compared to a deeper immersion in somebody’s life? Our accomplishments, our roots and wounds, our delights or fears are encrypted in our anatomy and faces. My objective is to capture a part of this intrinsic and hidden identity. I always loved to explore the hidden side of my first perception. Maybe it is a fragment of this 20-year-long experience behind the Iron Curtain where everything was just a fake and propaganda. I have learned to analyze closely all little signs to understand better each person in front of me. It was a survival instinct to go beyond appearances. Maybe this passion to map bodies come from this period, maybe not. About framing : including white wooden frame 50x60 cm.