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THE SADISTIC EYE
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THE SADISTIC EYE

13.11.09

  09:01:00 am, by   , 514 words  
Categories: Art, Collage

THE SADISTIC EYE


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My collages are made of many pentimenti. It’s the art of pentimenti, but instead of seeing it like a fault, as it used to be in the past, I see it as a way to perfection.
During the making of this collage, I hesitated when I was going to put the hand and fingers on/through mouth and eyes. I felt that the picture became obscene, because of this sadistic gesture.
Originally it was an ad for perfume, quite eroticized, and I wanted to push it into an extreme sadism, influenced by my reading of a book The Art of shrinking Heads by the French philosopher Dany-Robert Dufour, and even more by the violence of misogynic song of a French rapper, Orelsan, named Sale pute (bloody bitch), which was referred to in the book. The smashed face and the grinning face seemed to me quite unbearable (like in Clockwork orange).

But while I was writing this text, and looking at the collage, I felt that the face of the girl wasn’t satisfying, that it lacked coherence. So I returned to my desk and changed it rapidly. In the new version, the victim’s face is blurred; the situation has changed, it is now a scene where drugs have come into play. The conscience is annihilated and the worst becomes possible. The unconscious victim and its torturer look both at us: the first in order to make us help her, the second to include us in his act as a voyeur.

Personally, I know who I am with.
PS The title of this collage is an hint to Süsskind's novel.

Mes collages sont le fruit de maints repentirs. C’est même l’art du repentir. Mais je ressens cela non comme une faute, comme c’était le cas dans le passé, mais comme une voie vers la perfection.
C’est en faisant ce collage que j’ai hésité en posant le doigt sur/dans l’œil. J’avais l’impression d’une image devenant indécente, tellement le geste me semblait sadique (cf. Orange mécanique).
Originellement c’était une pub pour un parfum, assez érotisée, que j’ai voulu pousser vers un sadisme extrême, sans doute également influencé par ma lecture de Dany-Robert Dufour : La cité perverse, et surtout par un texte de rappeur français hyper violent et misogyne (Orelsan : Sale pute) cité dans cet ouvrage. Le visage défoncé par la main associé au rictus du personnage du fond me semblait presque insoutenable.
Mais en écrivant ce texte, je me suis rendu compte que le visage de la femme n’était pas satisfaisant du point de vue de la cohérence. Courant à ma table de travail, je modifie le visage rapidement. Dans la nouvelle version, , le visage de la victime est flou ; la situation a changé, il s’agit d’une scène où il y a absorption de stupéfiants. La conscience est annihile et le pire devient possible. La victime, inconsciente, et son bourreau, conscient, nous regardent : la première pour nous inciter à la secourir, le second pour nous inclure dans son acte en tant que voyeur.
Personnellement, j’ai choisi mon camp.
PS Le titre du collage fait allusion au roman de Süsskind.

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