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Artist Statement:
Collage, I would rather say «
Khartégraphie » …
But what does it mean ? You
will not find this word in the
dictionnary since I created it
from the ancient greek «
khârtés », meaning sheets of
paper and « graphein » that we
do not translate any more …
My way to wink at those people
who do not take you seriously
when you say you create with
magazine clippings, a pair of
scissors and glue !
Certainly a way to keep
smiling and give a noble
pedigree to the Art of Collage
…
Painting with a pair of
scissors, drawing or writing
with paper, or to be more
precise – with pieces of paper
cut out from magazines has
become my favourite expression
for the past ten years .
I preferably care for cutting
shapes and colours and arrange
them to create visual
illusions or give another
meaning to the images… Images
can speak in may different
ways … you just have to find
them or build your own story !
My « visual games » would like
to drive you in a wonderland
where objects are cut, changed
and collected to give birth to
an artwork , sometimes
allegoric, most of the time
simply funny or unexpected. In
any case, each ...
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Exhibitions for Helene Donadieu:
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Solo Exhibitions
December 1996, «L’Arche de Chloé » (The Arch of Chloé),
C. Favier Gallery in Kourou, French Guiana.
April 1997, « Le Royaume de Poséidon » (The Kingdom of Poseidon),
Hôtel des Roches in Kourou, French Guiana.
October 2003 - « Fables et affabulations » (Fables and Invention),
C. Favier Gallery in Kourou, French Guiana.
November 2004 to January 2005, “Khartégraphie”,
Wall House Restaurant, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy.
January 15 to February 15, 2005,
Anchor Art Gallery, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy.
December 2005 – « In or Out of Africa »
Central bARTh GALLERY, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy.
March 2006 – “Couleurs Caraïbes” (Caribbean Colours)
Galerie PORTA 34, Gustavia, Saint-Barthélemy.
“New Papers Stories”
May 2007 , Hôtel SOFITEL La Vieille Tour, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, FWI
June 2007, LINA’S Café, Jarry, Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe, FWI
Scheduled on December 2007, RFO Guadeloupe,
"Helene Paper Only Heart's Club ..."
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