He is completely liberated from the strict language of a figuration often all too suggestive and at times ever so definitive ¡¡ No doubt he can envision an "abstraction",... His work lingers within our own perception well beyond a defined, definitive point in time ¡ The textures of his work are dense and yet so subtle; the colors within them are vibrant and birth a whole new language of expressiveness. He knows how to reveal the fundamentals, the very fundamentals. Dionisio Gázquez Méndez seems to lay down a few figments of memory, a few fleeting lights, a few elusive experiences; as viewers, we resonate with his work... This is so very important! Dionisio Gázquez Méndez was born in 1951 (Almería, España). He lives and works in Alicante.
Man in Nature; Nature in the heart of Man.
“ . . . I believe in this reconciliation, in this silent dialogue, in this correspondence through roots, earth, skin and bark, through blood and sap. This is the meaning of my work. I often walk in unknown territory, shapes and expressions often arise unexpectedly, as if the clay indicated to my hands some moods in this creative confrontation . . . "
" Art is a cry that saves us from suffocation "
- Francis Bacon
Born in 1953 in Libourne. Lives and works in Yvrac (France).
« ...The creations I have been working on for the last few years mark a stage of my evolution as an artist, me so far. They mark the emergence of my own plastic vision of nature based on personal experience and rich visual culture. The attitude towards the human student years. Over time and many attempts in this direction, this became my own creative path. I continue to develop topics that have excited me since I was a student. At this stage I know how to present my ideas in a plastic form. This makes me feel more able to show my art to an audience... » Stefan Kotsev
Helene Yousse creates her art with total allegiance, without concessions, out of a necessity. A necessity that doesnt admit any giving up. Which besoin draws its energy from the throbbing of an open wound, driven by the urgency to say directly what has to be said. What would be without this creation of art, the manipulation of matter? Isolation, madness, death, life, hope,.. , Head off to.... It is the "Terres" Collection! The duration defines the time; determined in a connection between tension of the observer who oscillates between ordinary and extraordinary, emotion or anger, The souls, the bodies are present. The sculptures are so present, while their figures question their absence. Helene lives among her characters. She speaks with them. She touches them. She caresses them. They are alive.
" . . . Through different techniques, the "journey of the thread" is a predominant element, bringing a certain degree of fragility which is a unifying thread in my work. The knots, the stitches, the embroidery arrange themselves to bring forth the necessary transparency to the threaded performance.
The handmade paper, processed or not in momigami (Japanese creasing technique), evokes lightness and tenuousness through its fibres.
The resulting pieces are erected as textile sculptures in the service of a research on "Appearance" and its lures.
Ecology and nature are always sources of reflection.I thus oppose a very asserted and present aestheticism to denounce more sordid realities . . . "
