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.