A closer look at Philippe Baudelocque's creative process
Can you tell us a little about yourself and your artistic practice?
Philippe Baudelocque, 47, artist, I'm best known for my black and white
drawings, using white chalk on a black background.
What is your background and how did you get into design?
I started out in graffiti in 88-89, which I consider to be my first serious and regular artistic experience. I did it in my own way, because it was mainly about plastic and contextual research, which meant getting away from the usual framework of the genre. I had several pseudonyms, including "FUSION", which I still use today.
Whether formal or conceptual, because if I had to sum up my practice
in one word, that would be it. At the same time, I drew a lot of animals from life.
In your day-to-day work as an artist, what inspires you?
What triggers the creation of a work?
Everything.
Today, I'm creating a FUSION between all my projects. Black and white drawings are no longer the only works on display.
What I do contains: elements of graffiti, street art for certain modus operandi, rather classical art in the facture, contemporary art in my approach to the concept, modern art for the interiority, folk and traditional art, not forgetting primitive art, etc. I spend my time assembling all these elements.
Can you explain how you create a work of art?
What are the different stages of creation?
I no longer work on "coherent" series, because deep down that has never
been my working method. For many years, I suffered from deforming myself in order to conform to the existing mold. Instead, I work diagonally: I create a work using one technique and then, if I find a concept to express in another technique, I apply it. In the end, I end up with works that dialogue in multiple ways, aesthetically, energetically and conceptually.
I use the term "decoherent" to describe this practice.
Neither coherent nor incoherent.