BRIGITTE’S BULLSHITS !
What is Art ?
Hi..I wouldn t call myself an "artist"...just Brigitte!..half woman,half animal,I use my instinct and direct emotion to urgently inject life and movement into an object or colour that has stimulated my senses in one way or another.The simpleness of the "starting point" of a creation is so obvious,its nearly pathetic.The logic of forms fusing together with a tone created by accident when we let our imagination run free through our hands...and we travel,gracefully back to childhood.
The "detour" of an object is something prominent in my work....saving the shiny thing on the road next to the bin or crystallising precious gifts that nature continues to offer us,holding no grudges.....for the moment.Its all this,that starts to feed my greedy imagination which sometimes boils painfully in my head!...I m not an "ecolo fashion artist"..its just so normal to try and use things that have been condamned to death when they look so bloody good and usefull!.Certain tribes that we grotesquelly look down on from our thrones of rubish,understand and continue to live with this logic since the beginning of time,they haven t "progressed" much,unlike us,they got stuck on "respect"...animals have the same problem (but unfortunately we are dealing with that).WE have "progressed",and we are too busy swelling our egos to LOOK!
So that brings us to humans and "sharing"..which I adore....."Crystallising secrets" came to me when I started a painting using a colour that I m not at ease with.As I m a stubborn pain in the arse,I finally manage to finish it! (see painting "luxury lavender") Then I realised, to help me get to the end of the bloody thing,that I d fossilised loads of small memories and secrets that I d been keeping ferociously for years,like a mad crow.A broken ring that belonged to my Grandmother a swopped earing with a mate when I was 12 yrs old, ect ect.Its thanks to all this beautifull crap and the painting that I learnt something new.This is the point of it all for me,to discover and learn again and again,to never close the sphere of my creative thirst.
I haven t been to art school and I have no "degrees" or "certificats",I try to progress with what life kindly presents to me.If you have any secrets or hidden memories you want to crystalise or bring back to "life" with colours, or maybe just a "feeling" for a texture or shape?......I m listening!....If we "get on" together,we can create together.You offer the need,the departure of an inspiration..and I translate and bring the "need" to life.Each colour,form,texture,proposes a different energy...its up to you to look inside and feel which one you want to be carressed with....silence...noise..whatever!..it will take us for a stroll through the land of sharing.If we are humble and respectfull in our attitudes,we can maybe do something interesting...we won t "invent" something new,everythings allready been done a long time ago.Stuck in a stagnant era,where stolen ideas,dribbling in from the past are the only source of "new" energy used today in our fast,shiny world......so...lets just keep it tribal please.
No one creates alone,theres allways a "motor", an inspiration,that offers us the departure of a creation,even though its not allways directly absorbed on the moment its been smelt.
SO.....this is "my art"
1....instinct
2....feeling
3....emotion
4...vision
