Presentation
Fawn-like onirism by Diane Bellier
Diane Bellier's universe is marked by fantasy, reverie and imagination, but not in the way of classic surrealism, with its psychic automatisms and other methodologies. In his case, we're talking about parallel realities constructed from a notion of contemporaneity, where neon colors, cell phones, convertible cars and other artifacts of our technological and "advanced" age blend organically with traditional nature (both flora and fauna). Characters with animal identities take on humanoid roles that place them at the parking table or make them worthy of flowers.
In this exhibition, Diane presents us with a total explosion of color, declaring her (once again) heiress to the most strident and rupturist Fauvism. However, the way she combines figurative elements, such as figures and animals, with the abstract geometry of landscapes based on flat tints of color, leaves us with a delicious taste of annoyance, a pleasure born of disturbance, of complacency with anachronism.
The artist indulges in a play of forms, indulging in the aesthetics of the naïve, flirting with perspective to the point of confusing us, and the situations she recreates seem to be drawn from the onirism of dreams. The beings or muses that are part of her are transfigured in a work overflowing with meanings, journeys, characters and stories, a proposal that deserves to be assessed in the light of the art history of this post-contemporary era.
There is an aura of insouciance in Diane Bellier's work, a force of defiance, a curious (but calm) search for languages that condense the discourse she wishes to convey. This is why she uses photography, drawing, painting and video-creation to capture the muses and demons that assist her. Typical elements of the subconscious register, such as imaginary landscapes, dreams, mysticism and becoming, reveal a contemporary artist in a soliloquy in which she allows us to participate.
In this experimental journey, full of exploration and discovery, there is a constant alternation of forces, where seemingly opposite or dichotomous pairs embrace each other in a subtle and organic way. Thus, the figurative and the abstract flirt mischievously, in a visual space where images with references drawn from reality are blurred into patches of color that build areas of contrast and abstract forms.
The chromaticism in the work of this artist has a seductive wildness, a stridency (Fauvist if you will) that confronts complementary colors and traps at a distance. The subjects are multiple: glances at fashion, pop culture; the intimacy of a mantra or an intertwined embrace; the immensity of nature; biblical themes like Genesis; among many others. The known references are then a pretext to capture the attention of the spectator and to conquer him by the particularity of his poetics which, even if it proposes a lot, contains a solid and unique sensitivity.
Texts written by Dayma Crespo Zaporta / Curator and art critic