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The surrender of reason and will.
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The surrender of reason and will.

24.10.12

  04:41:00 pm, by   , 866 words  
Categories: Art, Collage

The surrender of reason and will.


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It is the image of a disaster. It’s sept. 11. The tower collapsed and the collage shows rescuers at work. But this is not a real picture: it is a canvas on an easel. Someone painted or photographed this scene and in the forefront is a gigantic hand, in a gesture as if to catch what is collapsing. Too late! Almost too late. But I like this move even if it is useless. It expresses the desire to contain the disaster, to mitigate the fall. While I know, in real reality, the fall is fatal without damping. Maybe because of my advancing age, because I’m losing another tooth and nothing can stop that conspiracy inside me. Against me! And painting or photography are only evidence of the disaster, they can only testify what happened, try to freeze the moment. What is vain, for the next disaster is already preparing. Good life happens in the intervals between various more or less serious accidents and forgets this threat, because it should not happen, as one says.
All these observations converge on the fact that this image is illustrative or a demonstration. She is external. But this should not detract from its intrinsic value as a collage.


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It happened quite different for this one. I came across a photo of a child drinking directly from the udder of a cow or other dairy animal, I do not remember. There was an unusual side in this photo. I cut off the head with the nipple and fingers; I took it from my studio in Burgundy to Geneva. Here I separated the nipple from the mouth - the reason being too pornographic out of context - and fingers. After several attempts, the head came to rest on a photo of a model in black and white, and finally the fingers found their place against the mouth with the effects of light, giving the illusion of a glass.In a clever way, you could say it is a movement from the primitive suction to a civilized version or that there was censorship. But looking at the collage, I am disturbed by this mysterious head (one cannot see features) without eyes who tastes an indefinable liquid.
That image is closer to me by the mystery of its appearance and its enigma. It affects most secret areas of my being, I believe. And such images do not arise every day, they come when I'm ready to get caught up in their logic, to abandon my will and reason.

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C’est l’image d’une catastrophe. Celle du 11 sept. La tour s’est écroulée et on y voit les sauveteurs à l’œuvre. Mais ce n’est pas une image réelle : il s’agit d’une toile posée sur un chevalet. Quelqu’un a peint ou photographié cette scène et une main au 1er plan, gigantesque, a un geste comme si elle voulait rattraper ce qui est en train de s’écrouler. Trop tard ! Presque trop tard. Mais j’aime ce geste même s’il est inutile. Il exprime le désir de contenir la catastrophe, d’atténuer la chute. Alors que je sais que dans la réalité réelle, la chute est mortelle, sans amortissement. Peut-être parce que mon âge avance, que je perds encore une dent et que rien ne peut arrêter ce qui se trame là. Contre moi ! Et la peinture ou la photographie ne sont que témoignages de la catastrophe survenue, elles ne peuvent que témoigner de ce qui s’est passé, essayer de figer l’instant. Ce qui est vain, car la prochaine catastrophe se prépare déjà. La vie tranquille se passe dans les intervalles entre divers accidents plus ou moins graves et on oublie cette menace, car cela ne devrait pas arriver, se dit-on.
Toutes ces remarques convergent vers le fait que cette image est illustrative, voire démonstrative. Elle m’est extérieure. Ce qui n’enlève rien de sa valeur intrinsèque comme collage.
Cela s’est passé tout autrement pour celui-ci. Je suis tombé sur la photo d’un enfant buvant directement au pis d’une vache ou autre animal laitier, je ne m’en souviens pas. Il y avait un côté insolite dans cette photo. J’ai découpé la tête avec la tétine et les doigts, je l’ai emporté de mon atelier bourguignon à Genève. Là, j’ai séparé la tétine de la bouche – le motif étant trop pornographique hors contexte – et les doigts. Après plusieurs essais, la tête a échoué sur une photo de mannequin en noir et blanc, et enfin la main est venue se poser contre la bouche avec des effets de lumière, donnant l’illusion d’un verre. De manière savante, on pourrait dire qu’il s’agit d’un déplacement de la succion primitive vers sa version civilisée ou qu’il y a eu censure. Mais à regarder le collage, je suis troublé par cette tête mystérieuse (on ne voit pas de traits) sans yeux qui goûte un liquide indéfinissable.
Cette image-là m’est plus proche par le mystère de son apparition et son côté énigmatique. Elle touche des zones plus secrètes de mon être, me semble-t-il. Et de telles images ne surgissent pas tous les jours, elles viennent quand je suis prêt à me laisser entraîner dans leur logique, à abandonner ma volonté et ma raison.

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