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peintures gratt\u00e9es \/ scraped paintings, 2018 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shipyard (Gda\u0144sk)<\/em>, 2018
pellicules d\u2019huile et huile sur toile \/ oil skins and oil on canvas
90 x 120 cm


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Shipyard (Gda\u0144sk)<\/em>, detail



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Portail (Gda\u0144sk)<\/em>, 2018
pellicules d\u2019huile sur mdf \/ oil skins on mdf
50 x 35 cm

Cette pi\u00e8ce a \u00e9t\u00e9 compos\u00e9e avec un processus inspir\u00e9 par les effets de la d\u00e9gradation qui devient ainsi m\u00e9taphore des courants politiques actuels. Tout d\u2019abord, une peinture figurative a \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e et racl\u00e9e avec un rasoir. Les pellicules de la peinture racl\u00e9es ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9assembl\u00e9es et recoll\u00e9es sur un nouveau support, montrant les effets de la mati\u00e8re, comme ses plis et ses d\u00e9chirures. Le dessin d\u2019origine vient d\u2019une image des archives nationales de Pologne. Elle montre le portail du port de Gda\u0144sk au moment des manifestions des travailleurs du mouvement Solidarno\u015b\u0107<\/em>. La destruction de cette image interroge la notion de la m\u00e9moire collective d\u2019un moment historique et fondateur de la d\u00e9mocratie dans ce pays, qui est aujourd\u2019hui remise en question par les mouvements politiques actuels.

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This work was made with a process informed by the effects of degradation, which becomes a metaphor for historical and current political climates. Initially, a figurative painting was made and then scraped off the support with a razor blade. The skins of the paint which remained were reassembled and glued onto a new support, showing characteristics of the material such as its folds and shreds. The source for the painting comes from the national archives of Poland. It shows the gate of Gda\u0144sk at the moment of the worker\u2019s strikes during the Solidarno\u015b\u0107 <\/em>movement. The destruction of this image interrogates the notion of the collective memory of an historical moment, one that was foundational to democracy, and also one that is called into question by current political agendas.

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Portail (Gda\u0144sk)<\/em>, detail



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Mountain Painting I<\/em>, 2018
pellicule d\u2019huile, bois \/ oil skins, wood
3 x 248 x 12 cm
vue d\u2019atelier \/ studio view

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Mountain Painting I<\/em>, detail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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