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Frank Lejeune
Product description
After several decades of making two-dimensional work, I have found a new challenge in ceramics. After a year of struggling with a material unknown to me, clay, I was able to experience what is possible with this material, and gradually incorporate the behavior of the material. With the design of the ceramic objects I went back to the period when I painted purely abstract, colored planes and shapes. In shaping the sculptures I want to accentuate the spontaneity of creation, the robust covering of the sculpture does not tolerate any traces of modeling. Also with the painting in mainly primary colors I refer to my paintings, with the contrast of the primary colors I want to strengthen the dynamics. Because of the many corners slots and on the other hand inhospitable parts of the sculptures, as well as the desired colors, the application of glaze is not possible, and I chose gouache. Gouache has the desirable texture to cover the ceramic skin and not change the structure of the material. The gouache is covered with a transparent acrylic layer for protection. Frank lejeune, 1962 Northampton (Eng.) , is self-taught and has only been working as an independent artist since the age of 30. He soon sold his first works of art and then had his first exhibition at the age of 33.In the years before his painting career, Frank Lejeune worked in business. He filled his free time with painting. One day the time arrived for Lejeune to free himself from the strict patterns of society and he chose an uncertain life as an artist. "When I say that I made my hobby my work, that pretty much covers it," says Lejeune, with a smile, about this clichéd saying. In the beginning, outside confirmation for his work was important. As he exhibited more frequently and began selling his work with regularity, this feeling gradually diminished. "Actually, my work is hard to categorize anywhere because I never consciously had examples or struggled with a particular direction. Something one does intensively at the academy. Soon I found out that if you are not an artist on the inside there is no academy that can make one of you. They teach you to deal with your gift. Lejeune's work can be called explosive. "It all happens very quickly. That's also why I prefer to work with acrylic paint ... with oil paint I can't keep working because the drying process is so slow." The craquelé layers created in Lejeune's artworks are therefore inherent in the way he handles fast-drying acrylic paint. One sees plastically applied compositions in which the paint in thick layers is sometimes pressed directly from the tube onto the support. Nature has always been an important source of inspiration, so his work sometimes has something landscape-like, or evokes associations with animals and plants "I find the composition of the moment most important in my work! Nevertheless, for me a work of art remains a solitary thing, with the result that a clear line plays a subordinate role in my oeuvre. Therefore I experience exhibiting as a necessary evil, not because I don't enjoy it, but because I feel I have to work in series. Of course your work develops and changes all the time. For Lejeune, the process of painting itself serves as inspiration, where a completed canvas can be the basis for a subsequent work. Lejeune's early work includes multi-panel paintings in which horizontal color compositions shoot across several panels with spontaneous force. Later, his work becomes increasingly whimsical and horizontal line compositions give way to angular and circular motifs. The tension between color and form becomes more intense, creating overlapping areas of color that degenerate almost into mask-like scenes sometimes covered with a transparent white layer of acrylic paint. In 1987 he released his first screen print! I have always printed and distributed everything myself.... each silkscreen is different because after printing I finish the work with paint and pastel pencil. The "craft" aspect of printing creates Lejeune great pleasure. Also characteristic are the mainly primary colors of yellow, red and blue. "In my work I have always been fiddling with these colors. I am rarely satisfied with my work and the feeling that I have yet to make my best work returns again and again." After several decades of making two-dimensional work, I have found a new challenge in ceramics. After a year of fiddling with a material unknown to me, clay, I was able to experience what is possible with this material, and gradually incorporate the behaviors of the material. With the design of the ceramic objects I went back to the period when I painted purely abstract, colored planes and shapes. In shaping the sculptures I want to accentuate the spontaneity of creation, the robust covering of the sculpture does not tolerate traces of modeling. Also with the painting in mainly primary colors I refer to my paintings, with the contrast of the primary colors I want to strengthen the dynamics. Because of the many corners slots and on the other hand inhospitable parts of the sculptures, as well as the desired colors, the application of glaze is not possible, and I chose gouache. Gouache has the desirable texture to cover the ceramic skin and not change the structure of the material. The gouache is covered with a transparent acry for protection. Drs Genevievé Momma-Wehry
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsMulti ColorMaterialCeramicNumber of items1ArtistsFrank LejeuneFirst ownerYesHeight46 cmWidth27 cm