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On monsters and on Gaddafi
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On monsters and on Gaddafi

26.10.11

  06:05:00 pm, by   , 435 words  
Categories: Art, Collage

On monsters and on Gaddafi


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Sometimes I go back to my artistic roots, namely the paintings that I could contemplate at the museum in Hannover, the medieval German masters displaying very raw scenes of martyrdom, in a shallow space full of grotesque characters. It is in the paintings of Beckmann that this kind of spirit can be found again.

In collage no.424, there is the same crowd that is suffocating the characters and a great sense of danger. This is how I see it anyway. What I find most disturbing about this collage is that the characters are not clearly defined. They are almost anatomically correct, but their "gender" is not clear, because they underwent mutation or are defect if preferred. Collage permits precisely this shift toward the monstrous. But few artists venture there or do it in a slightly awkward way, as it seems. Thus at the death of Qaddafi, someone posted on Facebook a collage or photo montage distorting his face. When I saw it I wanted to say, "Too late!" One had to tackle him during his lifetime, because once dead, what interest? Personally, I feel that I explore in this kind of collage what is embedded in all of us: our violence, our frailties. In this sense, everyone is a monster, including me. Dark Germany of my childhood!

Quelquefois je retourne vers mes racines artistiques, à savoir les tableaux que j’ai pu contempler au musée de Hanovre, des maîtres allemands y montrent des scènes de martyrisation très crues, dans un espace bourré de personnages grotesques. C’est dans la peinture de Beckmann qu’on retrouve cet esprit.
Dans le collage 424, il y a le même entassement qui fait suffoquer les personnages ainsi qu’un sentiment de grand danger. C’est ainsi que je le vois du moins. Ce qui me semble le plus inquiétant dans un tel collage, c’est que les personnages sont mal définis. Ils sont anatomiquement à peu près corrects, mais leur « genre » n’est pas clair, car il y a eu mutation ou malformation si on préfère. Le collage permet justement ce glissement vers le monstrueux. Mais peu d’artistes s’y aventurent ou le font de manière un peu maladroite, à ce qu’il me semble. Ainsi à la mort de Kadhafi, quelqu’un a publié sur Facebook un montage déformant son visage. J’ai eu envie de dire : « Trop tard ! » Il fallait s’y attaquer de son vivant, car une fois mort, quel intérêt ? Personnellement, j’ai l’impression d’explorer dans ce genre de collage ce qui est enfoui en chacun de nous : nos violences, nos fragilités. En ce sens, chacun est une sorte de monstre, y compris moi. Sombre Allemagne de mon enfance !

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