A closer look at Quentin DMR's creative process
Can you tell us a little about yourself and your artistic practice?
I'm Quentin DMR, a visual artist who works mainly with black and white portraits, which I deconstruct to make the final visual abstract. The idea is to let the audience's imagination take over. Whether on paintings or murals, I work a lot with paper, but I also intervene on wood, glass, iron or plastic. The tearing apart of materials plays an important role in my new work.
What's your background and how did you get started?
Before starting my artistic career, I worked in the social sector. My aim was to help people in precarious situations to find work, or to set up artistic projects that enabled some of them to discover a little-known creative world.
What inspires you in your day-to-day work as an artist? What triggers the creation of a work?
The trigger is usually people, encounters and stories. All this gives me enough inspiration to create something afterwards. Urban music also inspires me enormously in my artistic approach. This music speaks of today's society better than any other medium.
Can you explain how you create a work? What are the different stages of creation?
I start with the meeting place. Then I create the encounters that allow me to work on my creation by taking portraits. Back in my studio, I work mainly on Photoshop and then on the paper print, which I cut, tear, fragment... All the frescoes, installations or paintings are created in small format, as models. I scan my creations to create a worn, damaged texture and then enlarge everything on large paper prints.