VENUS
Cobalt blue used to be made from the ore extracted in the Persian mountains and imported into China. For centuries, this very stable pigment bestowed its strength to the most delicate material to create the blue and white porcelain. Now that Earth is shattered on the point of breaking, it is through art, imagination, and creativity that we have the power to blueprint the world’s steps forward.
Despite the crazing of the aging Earth-Ware, the blue waves of my paintings speak of the primeval Life Force that connects us all. If genuine porcelain can be authenticated by its translucence and its resonance, maybe it is when Earth is at her most vulnerable that she truly vibrates through her artists. LISTEN.
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MERLIN
It is through his wig-maker that, in 1708, the Polish alchemist Frederic Böttger « discovered » the secret ingredient to make true porcelain. The blanc de chine, so far imported, could then be manufactured in Europe. The subtle play of the iridescent greys of the kaolin’s shadows revels in moon’s memories.
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ROCOCO
The famille verte and famille rose porcelains imported from China in the eighteenth century seduced Europeans with their luminous green and pink enamels. The Rococo spirit of the time gave birth to their porcelain versions of Les Hazards Heureux de l’Escarpolette (The Swing), where skirt’s petals melt with vegetal heart’s strings.
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