Be exhibited, a must for an artist !

In the last months many artistic events occurred in Paris. As I was not exhibited for obvious reasons I decided to satisfy my search of fame and glory in my virtual works and world. 

Even if these photos are pure fiction they all question the position of the artist in our modern cities and the price to pay to be exhibited. 

Here, I have choosen the following exhibitions: FIAC,  Picasso Mania and Expo Photo at the Grand Palais, GMAC at la Bastille.

And at last of course the street. 

Fresh air and photos after hard times.

I already told that I have been very creative in the last three months. I have written about the evolution in my photography, but I never said that once I experienced a style of photo I keep on practicing it once upon a time in order not to forget it. That is exactly what happened with « Pollock or dripping » photos, in French I call them « Papiers Marbrés ». I realized them in 2013.

I gave that title because the aspect of the pictures produced in this style recalled the paper used to bind books. The originality of those images is to give priority to the colour and the movement where as the subject of the photo becomes secondary.

When I produce this type of photos I become « drunk » by what I see and the magnificence of nature. It's like a drug that changes the perception of reality and gives you access to hidden aspects of the nature. It is like if I was moving with the wind in the middle of the foliages. 

This feeling is not very original and can be produced by many artists.  So after the hard times we have been through here are few images to change our minds. Certain are very romantic.

Confirmation of a new style in my photo.

As I explained in the previous posts my work around COP 21 thematic has conducted me to find a new way of presenting my work. The posters I designed were planned to be exhibited in a real project which did not become a reality. So to avoid frustration I made them real in a virtual photographic reality. I produce about 20 photos including my COP 21 posters and will present here below several for you to figure out the result.

 

The choice of a black&white background with a standard size including my creations in colour will be the basis of this new trend. All images displayed and mixed are all my images. As I love black&white photos and my "panoroïds", I will mix them in the future. It is the way I found to really install my work in the Street Art Photography Movement. My creations will through this method be presented in urban contexts and environments.

A triptych for COP 21.

In the previous posts I presented two works. But I wanted to exhibit something that would be more powerful. Inspired by the initial posters which were English or American, I wanted to have a French reference. One of the most famous French poster, which was also reproduced in stamps, was the appeal of General de Gaulle. So, I produced one with a similar structure, but related to photography and the photographers.

 Poster for the panel The Appeal.

Then, like in "Street Art Photo No. 1", I had to build the image. In Mea Culpa, there is already the idea of religion and guilty humanity which did not respect the Goddess Earth. I decided to evoke a Christian cross composed with the COP 21 posters. The final result was the photo called Appeal.

Because, there is text integrated in the image it had to be presented in a large frame in order to be read. Today it is easy to have large print for a photo, you just need to pay. But with recycled paper that is no more the case for a single sample. Once you find a company that uses these papers, you must adapt to the available sizes: A4 or A3. I decided to present the photo in a panel of 60X90 cm, with an image sized 57x87 cm. I divided the photo in seven pieces, I mean seven files in .pdf format, and imagine that it would be simple to glue them together after. Practically the printing and gluing were more complicated, and the result I present for the exhibition is far from being perfect. This just confirms how critical the situation is and shows clearly the compromises we have to accept as long as the industry or the technology does not provide an acceptable alternative. 

 

 

 

Photo called : The Appeal.©2015

 

Today there is an urgency around environmental questions therefore I have chosen to produce images in the spirit of war propaganda.  I use a religious iconography because I feel that all the elements are present to transform ecology into the world religion of the XXIth century and this can be dangerous. We are responsible for our actions and have to adopt corresponding behaviours. 

 

 

 Display of the photos (Mea Culpa, The Appeal, Genesis) in the exhibition from the AAB.

My influence is reduced as a simple citizen and artist, but at least I do something at my level. If, we add all similar initiatives we might finally succeed in improving the things.