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Artist Statement:
SYLVAIN CHAMBERLAND
Statement
The Provocative Image
I like to coax people into participation in conversation. Whenever I hear conditioned responses, I cringe. I try to create images that encourage the viewer to bring their own experience into the dialogue. “Real” Art is about ideas. Real Art Provokes Thought!
Ideas resist stasis and mutate with the times and the human condition. The basis for all human thought and ideas is humanity itself. The figure, the human form, the “body” is therefore the vessel of creation and progenitor of all ideas. The body is always present in some form, no matter how abstract, in my works. I am a physical painter, using large scale as part technique to liberate my gestured strokes and expressive forms. I use Acrylic paint in a way that is fast and immediate, allowing me to produce hues and mixtures uncommon to acrylics. A college professor argued unrelentingly that a work he saw of mine, even upon close inspection, had to have been created in oils. He is wrong, but added to my confidence in my control of my medium.
I am not afraid of pure color, nor am I attached to it. My painting is driven by ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SYLVAIN CHAMBERLAND
From 2003 to 2005, represented by Gerrard Kessler, Atlanta, Georgia
Currently unrepresented
OnlineGalleries
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Artist Galleries:
http://artsylvain.com
http://sylvainartist.deviantart .com
http://threefoldlotus.com
http://thedb.com/sylvain
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.u k/yourgallery/artist_profile//7 596.html...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Randy Au, Santa Ana California, USA
BRAVO Arts and Entertainment Network, LA, USA
Frank Dixon, Santa Ana California, USA
Karen Fadel, Laguna Beach California, USA
The Fluor Corporation, Irvine California, USA
Karen Gallenger (Jazz Artist), San Clemente California, USA
Alexis Gershwin (Jazz Artist), Los Angeles California, USA
Barbara Grossman, PhD...
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Commissions:
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