I started this series in 1999. At the time I was trying to get back to the fundamentals of painting and also to illustrate how the motifs are recycled like religious imagery, agit prop,academism . We are bombarded by so many images these days that it is really difficult to get peoples attention,so Lire la suite
This is an apple ,obviously. But in Paris can it challenge the power of commodity fetishism. Another example of parisianism or maybe consumerism . Most people can tell you how many billions this company makes ,but not the price of a kilo of apples !
I call this piece Frida Kahlo ,you can figure this out for your selves
An orange possibly from the Andalucia in Spain. very juicy
The orange cut into four slices. Note the texture and colour
A tomato .Very good in salads or in cheese sandwiches
Orange coloured juicy fruit . Ancient symbol for fertility
Another obvious one
The ultimate consumer object. You can worship it , call your friends , or eat it .
The lure of fame and wealth in art world
What the art world feels like to me
Another obvious one
No comment
Louiss Vuitton bag with Ché Guevara motif
Inspired by a movie poster I saw in the metro.
The inevitable
Image of french working class suburbs presented by the popular media
Well?
Rodin's famous sculpture a tourist attraction.
We wish
Eroticism
Aren't we all from time to time
Publicity from early dating site on Louis Vuitton bag with image. Symbol of personal frustration with cultural milieu. Not getting my own way
Bovine . Skin can beacome leathery and made into bags and othjer fashion items.
Copy of image of Antonio Segui . Added comment a few years later during Nicolas sarkozy and Segolene Royal presidential campaign. I think it works
German made pistol. I got a toy replica for Xmas once , something I really wanted , I was 10
Inspired by a bumper sticker .
Left wing politics
Europe in 1549 . France hasn't changed much.
Our obsession with fame
Place where the cows . The animals that handbags are made from live
Political party in France struggling to come to terms with human rights issues
The way things are going it seems sometimes to me