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The Beast in Me
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The Beast in Me

12.07.12

  06:06:00 pm, by   , 468 words  
Categories: Art, Collage

The Beast in Me


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Two days ago, I made a collage that seems to horrify some people. I was struck by a photo showing a swimmer kneeling on the floor kissing a killer whale on the tongue. I was a little surprised by this scene and decided to push the matter further in humanizing the beast. That's when the picture becomes strange, because the "man" has no members, reminiscent of a hybrid creature painted by J.Bosch or even to a disabled person. His thick tongue raises other associations, which are rather animal, thus bestial. This is a disproportionate kiss. The girl in the foreground is tiny before this big monster. The look that it throws us reminds me of Kafka's Metamorphosis, where Gregor Samsa is a prisoner of his giant shell, unable to communicate with his family which rejects him for his monstrous appearance and whose taste for rotten stuff makes humans disgust him. My collage shows therefore, I think, a little-shown aspect in pictures of the relationship between two beings. Because it is of course a mere fantasy. QUES – tion is what is at stake here? QUES-tion is what is depicted here ? Male passivity? The daring female? The male at bay? Will he turn into a prince? No, the days of miracles are over. Remains the beast too happy to have found his beautiful. Merci, la Belle.


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Le monstre en moi

Il y a deux jours, j’ai fait un collage qui semble horrifier quelque peu les gens. Je suis parti d’une photo montrant une nageuse agenouillée sur le sol embrassant une orque sur la langue. J’ai été un peu surpris par cette mise en scène et j’ai décidé de pousser la chose plus loin en humanisant la bête. C’est alors que l’image devient étrange, car « l’homme » est dépourvu de membres, faisant penser à un être hybride dans le style de J.Bosch ou carrément à un handicapé. Sa langue épaisse renvoie à d’autres associations, plutôt animales, donc bestiales. Il s’agit d’un baiser disproportionné, la fille au premier plan est bien minuscule devant ce gros monstre. Le regard que celui nous jette me fait penser à la Métamorphose de Kafka, où Gregor Samsa est prisonnier de sa carapace géante, incapable de communiquer avec sa famille qui le rejette pour son apparence monstrueuse et son goût pour la pourriture en matière de nourriture qui révulsent les humains. Mon collage montre donc, il me semble, un aspect peu montré en images de la relation entre deux êtres. Car il s’agit bien entendu d’un fantasme. QUES – ce donc ce qui se joue ici? QUES-ce qui est illustré ? La passivité masculine ? L’audace féminine ? Le mâle aux abois ? Va-t-il se transformer en prince ? Non, le temps des miracles est terminé. Reste la bête trop heureuse d’avoir trouvé sa belle. Merci à elle.

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