Selfies and social networks …
PIXTABXL throws the ink …, to present his vision of a fashion phenomenon: the selfie broadcast on social networks …
This exhibition presents some of them, selected quidams or others … The particularity lies in the realization of these paintings, with Indian ink, pen and brush. That is to say the opposite of all the advanced technology needed to make the selfie and publish it around the world on social networks …
Nude attitude…
Without artifice, secretiveness or falsity, they express, with their bodies, states of mind. Lying down, sitting, they do not show off, they reveal their nakedness ….
“Because they ignore the one who looks at them, they are only themselves. It’s the Nude attitude … “
Portraits of corks …
Why does the artist choose the “cork” theme for his creation?
The cork is closely related to shared moments of pleasure and friendship. It represents the annoying sign of the festival, in all its lightness. The fragility of today’s world boils down to an unstable and precarious balance, where everything can be questioned overnight …
The corks thus come out of their equilibrium to return in motion, such as an “Allegory of the modern world”.
As the artist says, “The cork is what’s left when you’ve forgotten everything …”
