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Picasso used to say “I paint against paintings important for me, and also with the ones that are missing in the imaginary museum”.
After been to the exhibit “Picasso Challenging the past” at the National Gallery, I decided to develop a project that would consist in challenging Picasso the same way he did with many painters. I have chosen “La joie de vivre” painted in 1946 by Picasso. It seems that he was himself inspired by Matisse (“La joie de vivre 1906) himself inspired by “Les baigneuses” from Cezanne!
For this work I tried to focus on every elements...read more
At the origin of this project there is a reflexion I had about remediation, its impact on today’s life and the development of new art forms. I tried to see New Media as a mean to give us another vision of “traditional” art.
An other inspiration is the film: “Le mystère Picasso”. Indeed, Clouzot, a French filmmaker won a price in Cannes in 1956 for his film “le Mystère Picasso”. He filmed Picasso painting using a fixed camera behind the canvas. Picasso was using special pen for black and white painting that were able to go through the canvas. The use of colors is remarkable, because when the artist draws with the pencil or with the charcoal, the film is in black and white; but when he starts to paint in colors, the colors appear. multiplying the processes of approaches and the...read more
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For this project I was inspired by my memories of the “Pont Neuf” wrapped by Christo and flowered by Kenzo. I wanted to bring back to life these memories, involving the audience with an intereactive work. The spectator movements interact with his vision : the film stops as there is no movement in from of the webcam.
The main concept is to bring back to life ephemeral art that happened on the bridge: Christo and Kenzo ‘s work. The work gives different visions of the bridge mixing different materials: 3D animation and photos.
This project wes developed as “Street Art” work : it is to be viewed in a large screen on the street...read more
