Threatened species
The artist pictured himself locked in a zoo enclosure. In
abyme, the painter is in the process of realizing another of his works which
symbolizes the contempt for Capitalism triumphing over the Living. All around
the enclosure, many wild animals, usual residents of the place, enjoy an
unexpected freedom here. Wildlife observes the great primate in its works as
any human visitor dumbfounded at the agility of the monkeys in their antics.
A new reverie inspired by the COVID-19 epidemic which
plunges the whole world into terror. A representation of the fragility of our
individual existence, of our existence as a species, a fragility that we
ultimately share with all of our animal brothers ... A representation of
confinement as an absolute need for protection against the risk of
disappearance , a forced confinement in the name of the protection of the
species.
In these troubled times, the picture is also a reflection on
the future of artists when some argue that only the preservation of
"essential activities" counts. What would a society deprived of
diversity in artistic creation be, a society that would make its artists rare
singularities, zoo "curiosities" ...?
