Françoise Lescaut
Discoveries ep2
by Kathleen Burlumi
Le Poisson Francoise Lescaut
Françoise Lescaut showed work in an exhibition called “art singulier” in the Maison Gibert à Lézignan-Corbières, France in july 2008.
We discovered these works, almost hidden away in the small room, the farest away from the main exhibition space.
I couldn’t accept the definition of the work as ” Singular Art ” (a form of Art Brut) although it shares
some qualities with that very personal, even private genre.
In many ways it fulfills the criteria proper to mainstream art. For example there is a feeling for space
form and balance, texture and surface akin to the collages of Kurt Schwitters, notably in the assemblage entitled “Fish” . This small work is resonant not only with the feeling of sea-change-
but has compositional tensions as subtle as in a Paul Klee – or textural intricacies as profound as in a Jean Dubuffet.
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thanks for that tip off Kathleen – nobody has really explored the function of \”pictures\” in houses – I\’m much more interested in that than pictures in galleries.
As far as \”singulart\” goes there would have to be overlaps with mainstream art otherwise it would remain (and is!) unrecognised.
BABELINGO \”les écheveaux pour le ce préviennent Kathleen – personne n\’a vraiment exploré la fonction du \” ; pictures\” ; dans les maisons – I\’ ; m beaucoup davantage intéressé à celui que des images dans les galeries. Jusque le \” ; singuliare\” ; disparaît là devrait être des chevauchements avec l\’art traditionnel autrement qu\’il demeurerait (et fait !) non reconnu.
Matt Hilton
1 Oct 08 at 4:26 am