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Wikipedia!
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Wikipedia!

08.05.13

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Categories: Art, Collage, Painting

Wikipedia!


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Currently, I am in a game of deconstruction of the face that brings me back - once again to Picasso. I keep in my mind his weeping women, his kiss. As always, the poles beauty / coldness / acceptance vs. ugliness / expression / rejection are essential. But it is above all for me to see what potential the collage has. (for a bigger picture, click here)
Collage 171/13 is monstrous, I agree, the composition breaks, different fragments collide violently, but the image is still consistent! There are so many artists making flat, conventional and bloodless images, I won’t count among them, I hope! For example, the book of a painter that Wikipedia defines as follows: Alain Bonnefoit is today, with more than 200 solo exhibitions worldwide, one of the most famous representatives of the School of Paris, an artist of multiple talents (draftsman, painter, engraver, lithographer, sculptor) and world-renowned for the quality and sophistication of his works on his favorite theme: the female nude. He never tires of solid and slender curves that provides the female body without ever revealing its secrets and celebrates Woman, Nude, Beauty and Pleasure with such a talent that he has become the benchmark for forty years.
It's this big and heavy book, printed on thick glossy paper I received as a gift in order to make collages. And I find it hard to find the real and consistent stuff, as the forms lack character. I am obliged to make use of magazine pictures so that the collage gains some strength and vigor. Thus no. 176/13 where one can still detect traces of a painting by this artist. What amuses and saddens me a bit, is the rhetoric of the Wikipedia.fr panegyric. First, the School of Paris had its heyday with avant-garde painters (cubism), then sank into banality. Second, this way of painting the female nude has had some success with Kiesling, Van Dongen and Fujita, because there is always a touch of acidity, like a dessert made by a chef. But here the reproductions of the paintings are like marshmallows: it is soft, tasteless and vulgar. While one or two photos of his studio are usable, as the theme of creation is eternal and once again links back to Picasso, the other pictures cannot compete with any photographed nude.

Actuellement, je suis dans un jeu de déconstruction du visage qui me rapproche – une fois encore de Picasso. J’ai évidemment en tête ses femmes en pleurs, son baiser. Comme toujours, les pôles beauté/froideur/acceptation – laideur/expressivité/rejet sont incontournables. Mais il s’agit pour moi avant tout de voir ce que le collage a comme potentialités. Le collage 171/13 est monstrueux, j’en conviens, la composition éclate, les différents fragments s’entrechoquent violemment, mais l’image reste cohérente malgré tout ! Il y a tant d’artistes qui font des images plates, conventionnelles, exsangues, il ne faut pas en rajouter, à mon avis ! Pour exemple, ce livre d’un peintre que Wikipédia définit en ces termes : Alain Bonnefoit est aujourd'hui, avec plus de 200 expositions personnelles à travers le monde, un des plus illustres représentants de l’École de Paris, un artiste aux talents multiples (dessinateur, peintre, graveur, lithographe, sculpteur) et de renommée mondiale pour la qualité et le raffinement de ses œuvres sur son thème favori : le nu féminin. Il ne se lasse pas des courbes pleines et déliées que lui offre le corps féminin sans jamais dévoiler ses secrets et célèbre la Femme, le Nu, la Beauté et la Volupté avec un tel talent qu'il en est devenu la référence depuis quarante ans.
C’est ce gros livre très lourd car imprimé sur papier épais et glacé que j’ai reçu en cadeau afin de le découper. Et j’ai de la peine à y trouver de la substance, tellement les formes manquent de caractère. Je suis obligé de me servir de photos de magazine pour que le collage prenne un peu de force et de vigueur. Ainsi le no. 176/13 où on peut déceler encore des traces d’un tableau de ce peintre. Ce qui m’amuse et désole un peu, c’est la rhétorique du panégyrique de Wikipédia. D’abord, l’Ecole de Paris a eu son heure de gloire avec des peintres d’avant-garde (cubisme), puis a sombré dans la banalité. Ensuite, cette manière de peindre le nu féminin a eu quelques succès chez Kiesling, Van Dongen ou Fujita, car on y trouve une touche d’acidité, comme dans un dessert de grand chef. Par contre, les reproductions de ce peintre sont comme des marshmallows : c’est mou, c’est insipide et vulgaire. Certes, une ou deux photos d’atelier sont utilisables, car le thème de la création est éternel et ramène encore une fois vers Picasso, mais les autres images ne pourront rivaliser avec le moindre nu photographié.

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