In your face!

Hi all!

Today I will talk about the art exhibition by Sébastien Layral "...un temps le desir de perdre" (which we could translated as: "... a time the desire to lose") at the former slaughterhouse in Riom.

The exhibition took place from the 9th to the 31st of January 2016. There were twenty works of art with accompanying videos of various lengths explaining the works.

I went with my Art class. We met the artist who explained his work. It was a good show. The atmosphere was very different from what one experiences generally in an art show.

There were a dozen portraits of people on which the models had put white paint where they wanted. This is an interesting idea; who in fact "owns" the image: the artist, the sitter, us? Can the sitter "vandalize" his/her own image? It makes us think about the power relations that occur in the process of creating a portrait...

There was a self-portrait of the artist on which visitors could put small red stickers (cost per sticker: €1!). We enjoyed "defacing" the artist's portrait!

Have YOU ever been tempted to throw paint at a work of art you do not like? Or "improve" it even?! For "inspiration", read THIS!

I do not know if Mr. Leyral will return to Riom to show his paintings again, but if you get the chance to see one of his exhibitions, I reccommend you go, especially if you can meet the artist. He has his own very peculiar view on society...

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Justine