Drawing

In my drawing process I follow Plato’s recommendations to observe directly things of the world as they present themselves in Nature. Are things really as they appear? To draw is to give way to the mental and physical operations that arise frantically one after the other in an exhilarating feeling. Duplicating reality at the threshold of consciousness is like a race between the hand and the eye. It’s force lies in a powerful process that comes forth when the brain works together with hands and gut to materialize thought. Drawing becomes a continuous quest to attest of the visible by attempting to reach the invisible in an inescapable eternal return to the visible. When one works with large formats and performs rapid and full gestures, drawing is also about self-expression.
Tout se joue avant 6 ans

Tout se joue avant 6 ans

2018

Set of four drawings : lead pencil on recycled cardboard, 40 x30 cm each.

Source of images: Renaissance paintings of Madonna and child, Hitler, Mao, Staline and Bush from media.

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Franck

Franck

2017

Pieces of draping cloth cut out, wax and pastel chalks.
Process: first, a naked live male model is completely covered with draping cloth to form the basic pattern pieces that constitute his head, chest, limbs and head. Next, the pieces are coloured to copy the corresponding body part. When the pattern pieces are sewn together and stuffed, they recreate a three-dimensional textile body.

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The last woman

The last woman

2013

Five drawings on canvas: coloured oil sticks on unprepared canvas, one of 2,15 x3,5 m and four of 190 cm in length and various widths
Process: special collaboration with Marie-Ève Boucher’s dance company in Montreal. Marie-Ève was joined by five male dancers who improvized a choreography in a loft space with the floor entirely covered with white flower. They played with it and rolled in it. Compositions were done on the basis of the captivating expressions and surprising gestures captured on video. They were drawn on ecru canvas very vigorously with thick coloured oil sticks.

photo credit: photo Guy L’Heureux.

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Loft

Loft

2002

Set of four drawings: wood chips, lead pencil on mounted canvas on plywood, 152 x61 cm each.
Image source : the background is sprinkled with wood chips that stuck occidentally to the gesso, a female model in front of a loft window, urban landscape.

photo credit: photo Guy L’Heureux.

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Petit tableau au poil

Petit tableau au poil

1999

Liquid latex and hair from a fur coat on mounted canvas on wood, 80 x54 cm.

photo credit: photo Guy L’Heureux.

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