R Magazine, Ex-TeenArt_Issue 1_Authenticity Jun. 2015 | Page 66
During the first year at primary school, when
I realized my first drawing in front of a public
Why do so many artists and designers
have instable personalities?
The public never succeeds in knowing the
personality of the artist because he lives in
two completely different worlds. Most of the
time, artists hide from the public to be able to
create. When they are in their world, they are
lambda individuals, but in front of the public,
they are no longer themselves and they are
what the public wants to see.
Do you consider yourself as postmodern?
If we enjoy the progress of technology, social
networks, ..., then we all are postmodern today ….
How should a work of art be evaluated?
If we like it, as a precious object…
Should an artist reinvent himself every
day?
Yes of course! An artist must have all the flavors, but he must surely not repeat them.
Which artists do you admire and in which
way do they influence your job?
Henri Rousseau for his way of imagining nature without knowing it, M.C. Escher for the
mathematical analysis of the reality that he
does through his designs, Tom Wasserman
for his way of putting down areas and colors,
and Francis Bacon for the psychology of his
portraits.
Is the authentic art the necessary art?
The authentic art is the only necessary one.
Is it difficult for you to separate yourself
from a piece you have sold?
During my first years, yes it was! Now it is all
the opposite. By looking at a work all the time,
I keep looking for little details and I wonder if I
should not have done it differently. Therefore,
I prefer to no longer look at the painting when
I finish it.
Do we buy the painting or the painter?
It depends on the interest of the buyer. On
holiday, we buy paintings in order to have
souvenirs. On the other hand, in order to invest money, a research on the recognized artists is needed.
In art, there is no guide. How do you know
your next steps?
For the technique, there are guides that we
follow at school for sure. However, the artist
functions in his creative process, following his
instinct.