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FACES
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FACES

15.03.15

  09:58:00 am, by   , 614 words  
Categories: Art, Collage

FACES


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The title can be read in two ways: the faces displayed in the collage and the fact it looks or faces us (Deleuze).

In making it, I felt a very strong emotion, probably due to the manipulation of the face that is shown here. By pasting a small bust under this big head, I see the weakness of this being which is shaped by an unknown hand. I am tempted to see a religious image - not that I am a believer in any way, but by referring to Byzantine paintings whose hieratic gravity always impresses me. But also thinking about hidden persuasions (Hall) who are our daily lot. And perhaps is this the key to the image: manipulations suffered by a small child from the adult and whose memory fades in adulthood. I think back to my sojourn in the mountains, alone during six months and mistreated by Dutch "sisters" of protestant obedience, with the consent of my little "comrades", to my school whose early years were painful to me, both because of the teachers as of the other children. The discourse on manipulation through certain media seems to me a mere superstructure of those memories which have become so distant now, but violence persists.

Making a collage allows access to deeply buried regions, provided not to indulge in games of shapes or pseudo-poetico-surreal associations. This journey to the depths of myself is precious and like in a treasure hunt, the nugget must be earned. It is not easy, you have to dig tirelessly in the hope of finding a diamond among the tons of waste. This does not mean that my other collages are worthless, but in my most intimate relationship with the work they are not located as close to the heart of the reactor that drives my creation.

 

Ce titre se lit de deux manières : les visages du collage et le fait qu’il nous regarde ou fait face.

En le faisant, j’ai ressenti une émotion très forte, sans doute due à la manipulation du visage qui est illustrée ici. En collant un petit buste sous cette grosse tête, je perçois la faiblesse de cet être qui se fait façonner par je ne sais quelle main. Je suis tenté d’y voir une image religieuse – non pas que je sois croyant d’aucune façon, mais en me référant à des peintures byzantines dont la gravité hiératique m’impressionne toujours. Mais aussi en pensant à des persuasions cachées (Hall) qui sont notre lot quotidien. Et, peut-être est-ce là la clef de l’image, les manipulations que subit un petit enfant de la part des adultes et dont le souvenir s’estompe à l’âge adulte. Je repense à mon séjour à la montagne, seul et maltraité pendant six mois par des « sœurs » hollandaises d’obédience protestante, avec le consentement de mes petits « camarades », à l’école dont les premières années me furent douloureuses, tant à cause des profs que des autres enfants. Le discours sur la manipulation à travers certains médias ne me semble qu’une superstructure de ces souvenirs si lointains maintenant, mais dont la violence persiste.

 

Le collage permet un accès à des régions très enfouies, à condition de ne pas se complaire dans des jeux de formes ou d’associations pseudo-poético-surréalistes. Ce voyage au plus profond de moi-même est un trésor précieux et comme dans une chasse au trésor, la pépite se mérite. Elle ne se trouve pas facilement, il faut creuser inlassablement dans l’espoir de trouver un diamant parmi les tonnes de déchets. Cela ne veut pas dire que mes autres collages ne valent rien, mais dans ma relation la plus intime à l’œuvre elles ne se trouvent pas aussi près du cœur du réacteur  qui anime ma création. 

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