About Me
"I AM AN INACTION PAINTER, THE PADRADOX OF TORN POSTERS IS THAT THE LESS THE POSTER COMES FROM ME, THE MORE HAINSIAN IT IS. WHEN I AM STRUCK BY A POSTER IN THE STREET, I FIND IT MORE AUTHENTIC THAN IF I HAD TINKERED WITH IT. WHAT INTERESTS ME THE MOST IS THE STREET-CORNER ENCOUNTER: MY WORKERS ARE THE PASSERBY, WHO, FOR ANY REASON AT ALL, PEEL AWAY AT THE POSTERS THAT ARE GLUED THERE. THEY ARE LIKE ASSISTANTS, OR LIVING PAINTBRUSHES, LIKE THE YOUNG WOMEN THAT YVES KLEIN DIPPED IN BLUE."***"NEW REALISM IS NOT A GROUP OF ARTISTS BUT A KIND OF BROTHERHOOD. A GROUP OF LITTLE CAESARS WHO DIVIDE UP THE WORLD THE WAY YOU CUT A CAKE. YVES KLEIN TAKES THE COLOR BLUE, CESAR THE CRUSHED CARS, ARMAN THE TRASH CANS, VILLEGLÉ, ROTTELA, AND ME THE TORN POSTERS, CHRISTO THE WRAPPINGS. WITH THE NOUVEAUX REALISTES, WE ARE LEAVING THE WORLD OF PAINTING FOR THE WORLD OF TRUTH. ARTIST ARE LEAVING THE CREATION OF ART TO BECOME ABSTRACTIONS PERSONIFIED.***"I MYSELF AM A KIND OF WEB. I AM WORKING ON A SPIDER WEB, OR A PIECE OF BRITTANY LACE"***THE REASON WHY I DID THE 'CASTELLI, LES JARDINERIES DU SUD' EXHIBITION IS THAT I FEEL BOTHVERY CLOSE TO THE AMERICANS AND, YET VERY DIFFERENT. FOR INSTANCE RAUSHENBERG, WHO HAS BEEN LINKED TO DADA, DID COMBINE PAINTINGS, WHEREAS I, BECAUSE I AM CALED RAYMOND, DO COMBINATORY ART IN THE MANNER OF RAYMOND LULLY. I CAN UNDERSTAND VERY WELL WHY ARTISTS LIKE MARTIAL RAYSSE AND BERNAR VENET WERE FASCINATED BY AMERICA. PERSONNALLY, I FELT THE NEED TO GO TO ITALY AND DRINK THE WINE OF THE CASTELLIS."***"MY RAW MATERIAL IS EVERY BIT AS MUCH THE NAME OF AN ART DEALER AS IT IS THE PAPER OF A POSTER. THINGS HAVE SURPRISING LINKS WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGH THEIR NAMES."
