RESPIRATIONS — SERIES (2021)
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
4 variations (90×100 cm) and 1 centerpiece (156×195 cm).
Comprehensive installation documented on-site at the studio.
THE PROTOCOL:
1 – Variation of a single figure,
2 – Backgrounds machined close to identical,
3 – A common pedestal,
4 – The amplitude of the line.
↗ CARNET : SAMPLINGS – RESPIRATIONS
STUDIO DEBRIS
This series, initially called "Solutions", follows the previous daily painting series (Cartes). Always seeking to control and unite opposites, I draw the figure from the remnants of the latest construction site.
I focus on a small studio detail and sample a leftover liquid paint to keep it in a plastic packaging. This gesture breaks the previous protocol: the unconscious disappears, replaced by a real stimulus. From then on, I work with a single object, organizing it in series no longer in a square but horizontally, in the form of a line.
After machining fixed and identical geometric backgrounds, like industrial matrices, I insert the initial shape in the center to vary it.
Under the effect of a vertical push, the first two variations slightly exit the initial square format to reach 90 × 100 cm. The largest variation concerns the centerpiece "La Reine". Its dimensions (156 × 195 cm) are imposed by the architectural limits and evacuation spaces of the apartment-studio.
This plastic research explores the amplitude of a measure to reveal the tension of the subject. I attempted to capture the final state of the painting.
RESPIRATIONS 1 - 2021.
Acrylic on canvas (90 x 100 cm).
RESPIRATIONS 2 - 2021.
Acrylic on canvas (90 x 100 cm).
RESPIRATIONS 4 - 2021.
Acrylic on canvas (90 x 100 cm).
RESPIRATIONS 5 - 2021.
Acrylic on canvas (90 x 100 cm).
RESPIRATIONS 3 (THE QUEEN), 2021
Acrylic on canvas (156 x 195 cm).
Format dictated by the architectural constraints and evacuation volumes of the studio.