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Ce n’est pas une pose. C’est une manière d’être au monde
| category | Painting |
| subject | Political / Social, Human figure |
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| base | 200 cm |
| height | 70 cm |
| depth | 0 cm |
| year | 2025 |
Acrylic and oil pastel on paper with masking tape
20 × 20 cm each
Series of 12
These paintings originate from photographs found online; the faces belong to inhabitants of the French banlieues: informal portraits, candid poses, fragments of everyday life. The subjects emerge from contexts of migration, periphery, urban culture, and uncertain belonging. Executed on paper and framed with studio masking tape, they convey a vivid, defiant, untamed presence—one that resists the system and challenges social norms. Tracksuits become uniforms; gestures appear as poses but instead embody a way of being in the world.
The tape remains as a trace of the painterly gesture, as raw as the outskirts that form the backdrop to this way of inhabiting the present.
20 × 20 cm each
Series of 12
These paintings originate from photographs found online; the faces belong to inhabitants of the French banlieues: informal portraits, candid poses, fragments of everyday life. The subjects emerge from contexts of migration, periphery, urban culture, and uncertain belonging. Executed on paper and framed with studio masking tape, they convey a vivid, defiant, untamed presence—one that resists the system and challenges social norms. Tracksuits become uniforms; gestures appear as poses but instead embody a way of being in the world.
The tape remains as a trace of the painterly gesture, as raw as the outskirts that form the backdrop to this way of inhabiting the present.
