Inferno

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C’est à travers une catabase picturale dans les Enfers de la mythologie grecque que j’explore le sentiment de la perte. Après avoir patiemment assemblé, brodé, noué, sur toiles ou autres supports, morceaux de cuir, dentelles, cheveux, dents, rubans, miroirs, perles, pierres dures, membres et yeux de poupées, et autres trésors collectionnés au fil du temps, je procède à un ensevelissement de mes créatures-totems sous le plâtre. Ce sacrifice douloureux mais incontournable précède l’exhumation de quelques éléments-clefs qui révèlent l’essence de l'œuvre.
It is through a pictorial catabase in the Underworld of Greek mythology that I explore the feeling of loss. After patiently assembling, embroidering, knotting, on canvas or other supports, pieces of leather, lace, hair, teeth, ribbons, mirrors, pearls, hard stones, doll's legs and eyes, and other treasures collected over time, I proceed to bury my totem creatures under plaster. This painful but unavoidable sacrifice precedes the exhumation of some key elements that reveal the essence of the work.
2013
Charon
Charon
Wool, doll body members and eyes, teeth, small bells, gold leaf, modeling clay, mirrors, hair, false eyelashes, pearls, glitter, metal, 2013
Inferno_Hecate
Inferno_Psyche
Inferno_Thanatos

Hecate
Plaster, acrylic paint, gouache, gold leaf, doll body members and eyes, small bells, pearls, amethyst, crystals, material, false eyelashes, teeth, metal, quartz, skin, Barbie shoes, 2013

Psyche
Plaster, acrylic paint, gouache, dry pastel, varnish, gold leaf, copper leaf, pearls, mirrors, crystals, glitter, doll eyes, false eyelashes, metal on canvas, 2013

Sisyph
Acrylic paint, gouache, gold leaf, copper leaf, silver leave, pearls, crystals, glitter, doll eyes, false eyelashes, metal on skin, 2013

L'Averne
Cosmic Pulses
Acrylic paint, varnish, pigments, Posca, dry pastel, gold leaf, copper leaf, plaster, metal, glitter, mirrors, doll eyes, false eyelashes, 2013
Inferno_Le_sejour_des_heureux
The Stay of the happy Ones
Plaster, acrylic paint, gouache, gold leaf, copper leaf, doll body members and eyes, metal, munitions, skin, glitter, mirrors, crystals, copper chicken feet, false eyelashes, hair, coral, wood, 2013
Inferno_Le_champ_des_larmes
Inferno_Hypnos

Styx
Acrylic paint, pigments, gold leaf, dry pastel, varnish, metal, doll body members and eyes, teeth, mirrors, latex on canvas, 2012

The Field of Tears
Acrylic paint, pigments, gold leaf, dry pastel, doll eyes, metal, varnish on canvas, 2012

Inferno_Le_Palais_des_Songes
Inferno_Le_champ_des_guerrieres

The Palace of Dreams
Plastic, plaster, acrylic paint, gouache, gold leaf, copper leaf, silver leave, pearls, crystals, glitter, doll eyes, false eyelashes, metal on skin, medical equipment, 2014

The Field of Warriors
Plastic, plaster, doll body members and eyes, crystals, hair, teeth, small bells, gold leaf, 2012

Inferno_Lethe
Inferno_Les_cyclopes2

Lethe
Knitting, doll body members and eyes, plaster, mirrors, hair, false eyelashes, pearls, glitter, 2013

Cyclops
Acrylic paint, gouache, plaster, pigments, dry pastel, gold leaf, copper leaf, doll eyes, false eyelashes, metal, mirrors 2013