Photography exhibition: Les Zidiomatics et Douce Amère
Artist: Sylvain Granjon
Exhibition from the 6th to 21st of March 2015
Opening 6th March 2015 at 19h
Where:
Бартcелона
Belgrade Design District, 1 Sprat, lokal 96
Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/873804906047433
My artistry is an unfolding self-portrait. It evolves with time, to the rhythm of my chance encounters and personal exploits. What is life, after all, if not a spectacular performance?
The definition of the work of art is impossible to explain!
For me it must be personal, it must come from inside, it must be a need, it come from a source, but the source of this creativity is difficult to pinpoint. Something makes me want to create, something natural and instinctive. Something organic.
LES ZIDIOMATIKS
Idiomatic expression: “An expression in a language which may not have a literal equivalent in other languages.”
Monsieur Sylvain, a little man with a bowler hat, 1970s suit and big shoes, acts out idiomatic expressions.
The illustrations transform French idioms into literal images.
It’s a game. A game with the words and expressions, a game with the public who have to find the good expression.
I made this serie at the level « first degree», like a naive person (or a child, or a clown) trying to illustrate a usual imaged expression.
DOUCE AMERE
I come from the entertainment world. I have been an entertainer for 20 years.
When I photograph my daughter, my own flesh and blood, I photograph myself. Her direct look has shaken my certainties. What I see in her eyes challenges me, as an adult, as a father. She seems to be asking me : “What have you become?” When I portray my daughter there is a seriousness at odds with her young age. I try to evoke the adult’s desperate quest for the mythical image of his or her own childhood; the source of all our emotions.
SYLVAIN GRANJON
After a distinguished career as an actor and acrobat, Granjon has spent the past few years pursuing his second passion: photography. His art focuses on two things: creative immersion in an imaginary world, and the idea of relationship to time and childhood. He works in the traditional way, using film, collage, cut-outs and hand-coloring.
Under Mois de la Francophonie
In collaboration with Institut français de Serbie, Beograd
Sponsored by: Vinarija Čoka
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