work
Dossenus
| category | Photography |
| subject | Human figure |
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| base | 60 cm |
| height | 34 cm |
| depth | 0 cm |
| year | 2014 |
Since ancient times, clowns had a dual character, negative and positive: they were on the margins of society, but horribly fascinating, and for this reason they were at the same time approached and avoided.
In the poem "Le fou et la Vénus" (the madman and Venus) Boudelaire describes a jester as "one of those artificial fools, one of those voluntary buffoons in charge of making kings laugh when remorse and boredom beset them, all dressed up in the his gaudy and ridiculous costume (...) "
In a letter to his friend Edouard Schurè, in 1905, Roualt writes: "... that contrast between brilliant, sparkling things made for fun and that life of infinite sadness, if viewed from above ... I clearly saw that the clown was me , it was us, almost everyone ... That rich dress, with spangles, is the life that gives it to us, we are all clowns, more or less, we all wear a dress with spangles ... "
In the poem "Le fou et la Vénus" (the madman and Venus) Boudelaire describes a jester as "one of those artificial fools, one of those voluntary buffoons in charge of making kings laugh when remorse and boredom beset them, all dressed up in the his gaudy and ridiculous costume (...) "
In a letter to his friend Edouard Schurè, in 1905, Roualt writes: "... that contrast between brilliant, sparkling things made for fun and that life of infinite sadness, if viewed from above ... I clearly saw that the clown was me , it was us, almost everyone ... That rich dress, with spangles, is the life that gives it to us, we are all clowns, more or less, we all wear a dress with spangles ... "
