{"id":13576,"date":"2026-10-01T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/?page_id=13576"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:37:22","slug":"carte-1-bleu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/cartes\/carte-1-bleu\/","title":{"rendered":"Carte 1 \u2013 Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CARTE 1 \u2014 BLUE <\/span><\/h1>\n

(From September 12 to November 5, 2019)<\/span>
Cartes Series. Daily pictorial protocol.<\/em><\/span>
54 fragments \u2014 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas (29 x 29 cm).<\/span>
Comprehensive installation documented on-site at the studio.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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THE PROTOCOL:<\/span>
1 \u2013 A unique format: 29x29cm<\/span>
2 \u2013 One painting per day,<\/span>
3 \u2013 A single color to be poured (Blue),<\/span>
4 \u2013 The obligation to name the artwork at the end of the day in a foreign language.<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

FIRST CYCLE: \u00ab I AM HERE \u00bb<\/span><\/h2>\n

In a white-painted studio where I isolate myself, fifty-four (29 \u00d7 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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12410 \u2013 \u00ab Death dresses up as a frog \u00bb \u2013 The first fragment of the Carte \u2013 Blue series.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact the studio<\/span> regarding this installation<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Vanity Fair - Salon des vanit\u00e9s<\/em>\" title=\"CARTE 1 - Fragment 12386<br><em>Vanity Fair - Salon des vanités<\/em>\" class=\"lightbox-item grid-item-mask-link\" href=\"https:\/\/david-al.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/carte-1-detail-2.jpg\" data-size=\"1500x1500\">\"CARTE<\/a><\/div>
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CARTE 1 - Fragment 12386
\nVanity Fair - Salon des vanit\u00e9s<\/em><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
Death dresses up as a frog - La mort se d\u00e9guise en grenouille<\/em>\" title=\"CARTE 1 - Fragment 12410<br><em>Death dresses up as a frog - La mort se déguise en grenouille<\/em>\" class=\"lightbox-item grid-item-mask-link\" href=\"https:\/\/david-al.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12410-death-dresses-up-as-a-frog-.jpg\" data-size=\"2560x2560\">\"12410-Death-dresses-up-as-a-frog\"<\/a><\/div>
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CARTE 1 - Fragment 12410
\nDeath dresses up as a frog - La mort se d\u00e9guise en grenouille<\/em><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section>
I did not choose you - Je ne t'ai pas choisi<\/em>\" title=\"CARTE 1 - Fragment 12376<br><em>I did not choose you - Je ne t&#039;ai pas choisi<\/em>\" class=\"lightbox-item grid-item-mask-link\" href=\"https:\/\/david-al.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12376-5oct19-i-did-not-choose-you.jpg\" data-size=\"1000x1000\">\"CARTE<\/a><\/div>
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CARTE 1 - Fragment 12376
\nI did not choose you - Je ne t'ai pas choisi<\/em><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

CONTINUATION OF THE PROTOCOL<\/span> : CARTE 2 \u2014 SALMON (2019) \u2192<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARTE 1 – Bleu – S\u00e9rie Cartes, 2019. 54 fragments \u2013 Acrylique et techniques mixtes sur toile (29 x 29 cm). r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par David AL<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13618,"parent":13425,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13576","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13576"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14680,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13576\/revisions\/14680"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/david-al.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}