De profundis clamavi - tribute to Baudelaire. Inspired by a classic drawing by Jusepe de Ribera, the Martyrdom of San Sebastian, the work of Joan Mitchell and Beaudelaire's poem De profundis clamavi. Baudelaire's poem "I cried from the depths" is that of a psalm of hope from the Bible. The poet made it a song of despair in resonance with my favourite theme (!) The Fall of Man. I reused a painting whose title was Gaia. The filigree above the figure implores the circle symbolizing the earth and perfection, unreachable ... " I implore your pity, You, the only one I love, From the depths of the dark abyss where my heart has fallen. It is a dreary world with a dark horizon, Where horror and blasphemy swim in the night; A sun without heat hovers above six months, And the other six months the night covers the earth; It is a land more bare than the polar land - No beasts, no streams, no greenery, no woods! Now there is no horror in the world that surpasses the cold cruelty of this icy sun And this immense night like old Chaos; I envy the fate of the vilest animals Who can plunge themselves into a stupid sleep, So slowly the skein of time is unravelling! »
