LandE scape
Francine Gourguechon
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
Brainstorm Black Madonna that are in a certain sense representative of the relationship between emotion and memory. How would you define the relationship between abstraction and representation in your practice? In particular, how does representation and a tendency towards abstraction find their balance in your work?
Firstly, the human figure is the representational core of the pieces; they allow the viewer to see the self and to relate to whatever abstraction takes place. While having my own ideas as to the meaning of the abstractions, I want the viewer to have the ability to have their own interpretations and feelings about the work.
As you have remarked in your artist ' s statement, the human body as art and body decoration appears in every culture and is used for seduction, ritual, social