CARTE 1 — BLUE
(From September 12 to November 5, 2019)
Cartes Series. Daily pictorial protocol.
54 fragments — Acrylic and mixed media on canvas (29 x 29 cm).
Comprehensive installation documented on-site at the studio.
THE PROTOCOL:
1 – A unique format: 29x29cm
2 – One painting per day,
3 – A single color to be poured (Blue),
4 – The obligation to name the artwork at the end of the day in a foreign language.
FIRST CYCLE: « I AM HERE »
In a white-painted studio where I isolate myself, fifty-four (29 × 29 cm) squares cover the largest wall. The single color I apply acts as a constraint. It pushes the fatty matter of my initial gestures, freezes, and unites the whole.
Before starting, I must anticipate the final volume of this daily production and create a classification system. Relying on the mortality tables of the period, I begin to count the days I have left.
I compare this count to the naive memories of my adolescence, to the melody of a sung foreign language. Speaking the title in English finalizes each square.
12410 – « Death dresses up as a frog » – The first fragment of the Carte – Blue series.
CARTE 1 - Fragment 12386
Vanity Fair - Salon des vanités
CARTE 1 - Fragment 12410
Death dresses up as a frog - La mort se déguise en grenouille
