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KAZoART artist since 2017
82 works sold
124 works
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin is a resolutely figurative painter. Her paintings feature isolated characters, imbued with a certain melancholy, and seemingly immersed in deep introspection.
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin's painting cannot be labeled as it is unique: in terms of theme, composition, but also technique, mixing acrylic paint, ink, paper and canvas. Wishing to move away from “simple painting”, she uses it as a starting point on a partly mounted canvas, where she adds various techniques such as oil pastel, graphite lead, collage and sometimes even painting. sewing.
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin stays at length on the same theme, applying it to several paintings or drawings. Generally, she starts with a search for composition which she does most of the time with sketches, and then integrates photos.
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin's paintings do not evoke any reference to time or place because that is not what is important. Rather, it is about translating our fragility in the face of the world and the need to hide behind a protective envelope.
If childhood was a big part of her work before, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin's approach is now constantly evolving. However, the relationship with the body and its fragility still remains. The fleetingness of existence, the tiny speck it represents on the overall scale of the Universe: the history of Mankind is as brief as the flapping of a wing.
Cécile Duchêne-Malissin transcribes this brevity thanks to transparencies obtained by layering paint, ink and paper pasted onto the canvas. This ephemerality is addressed in the series "Disappearance", "Metamorphoses" or "Dust".
The characters of the paintings are revealed as much as they are hidden: behind masks or vegetation. They present themselves to the viewer, abandoned to the gaze, and yet restrained. But is it the viewer who observes the character, or is it the other way around?
To Read : Cécile Duchêne-Malissin’s interview on KAZoART’s blog
Ecole Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Olivier de Serres (Paris), Plastician
Faculty of Arts, multimedia (Strasbourg)
- Chamber of Commerce of Sarbruck (Germany) - 2001
- AIDA Gallery (Strasbourg, France) - regularly from 2005 to 2016
- Château de Vieux Robin (Bégadan, Fr) - 2006
- La Cour des Bœcklein (Bischheim, Fr) - 2007
- Maison de l’Alsace (Paris, Fr) - 2007
- Exhibition for the inauguration of the European Doctoral College (Strasbourg, Fr) - 2008
- Contemporary Art Exhibition ST’ART (Strasbourg, Fr) - 2002 - 2008 with Galerie La Ligne Bleue
- Galerie Esprit d’Artiste (Honfleur, Fr) - 2009 to 2011
- Gedok Karlsruhe (Germany) - 2011
- Galerie Bex (Paris, Fr) - 2010 to 2012
- Galerie Talbot (Montpellier and St Martin de Londres, Fr) - 2013
- Galerie In Arte Veritas (Clisson, Fr) - 2014
- Salon d’Art Contemporain Art3F Nantes with Galerie In Arte Veritas - 2015
- Galerie La Ligne Bleue (Selestat, Fr) - regularly since 2007
- Galerie Courant d’Art (Mulhouse, Fr) - regularly since 2009
- Salon d’Art Contemporain ArtBodensee (Austria) with galerie Singulart - 2018
- Galerie Empreinte (Orléans, Fr) - 2018
- "Presence" Council of Europe (Strasbourg, Fr) - 2018
- "Celestial Figures" Gallery L’Entrée des Artistes (Paris, Fr) - 2018
- Galerie Courant d’Art (Mulhouse, Fr) - 2019
- "Corps et Ames" Gallery La Ligne Bleue (Sélestat, Fr) - 2019
The artist Cécile Duchêne-Malissin's series
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