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Afro Charlie
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2009, figure d’adolescent taille réelle, coupe dans un bois
polychromé, planche de skateboard, graphite sur mur.
CGC
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How do you allude to the topic of childhood?
JP
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I had a happy childhood, though looking at my work, one might think
the opposite. The images that I use sometimes deal with the theme they
illustrate, but at other times, they are only a metaphor for society, a society
that refuses to grow up and prefers to behave badly rather than assume its
responsibilities. The spectators decide according to their own references.
My responsibility as an artist is to make spectators open their eyes anew. To
make them see this everydayness that has become invisible to them because
it is always before their eyes.
CGC
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How do you use the contrast between what is hidden and what is shown?
JP
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I am an admirer of Jung, the psychoanalyst. In one of his propositions,
he talks about shadow as the part of the individual that belongs to his or
her nature but the individual refuses to accept it for what it is and sees it as
something negative, a source of conflict. This conflicting, disturbing dialogue
interests me as a way of depicting not only the individual but also society. It is
a theme that I treated in the
Niñas Locas
series, which is made up of portraits
of a few women friends and of my anxieties.