Photograph of Artist HELENE DONADIEU
HELENE DONADIEU
97190 Le Gosier, French West Indies - Guadeloupe



Original Artworks (3)

Helene Donadieu; Under The Moon Light, 2007, Original Collage, 100 x 70 cm. Artwork description: 241  Magazine cutouts pasted on cardboard ...
Helene Donadieu
Original Collage, 2007
100 x 70 cm (39.4 x 27.6 inches)
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Helene Donadieu; Mille Et Une Nuits, 2007, Original Collage, 70 x 70 cm. Artwork description: 241  Magazine cutouts pasted on cardboard ...
Helene Donadieu
Original Collage, 2007
70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 inches)
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Helene Donadieu; Conversation, 2007, Original Collage, 70 x 70 cm. Artwork description: 241  Magazine cut- outs pasted on cardboard ...
Helene Donadieu
Original Collage, 2007
70 x 70 cm (27.6 x 27.6 inches)
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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 of my « khartégraphies » are a way to invite you to share worlds that I wanted to build with light and harmony.
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