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DRAN Chronopost- 2018 Acrylic and pencil on cardboard mounte…
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DRAN Chronopost- 2018 Acrylic and pencil on cardboard mounte…
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Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
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Description
DRAN
Chronopost- 2018
Acrylic and pencil on cardboard mounted on plywood panel
Signed in pencil on the back
52.5 x 71.5 cm
Acrylic and pencil on cardboard mounted on plywood; signed with pencil on the reverse
20.66 x 28.14 in.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist at the London exhibition
Exhibitions : London, Fitzrovia 16 - Wells Street, 10 December to 21 December 2018
"I never wanted to provoke for the sake of provoking, but I do want to talk about society, with my little eye.... We have the right to be nasty when it's to alert. My drawings photograph the assholes so that we laugh at them."
DRAN, interview with Jean-Daniel Beauvallet, 2011
FR
A critical and scathing observer of society, DRAN paints acerbic and cynical visions of human relationships in contemporary society, the society that Guy Debord described as the Society of the Spectacle. He criticises its shortcomings, its changes, its political, economic and religious approaches, as well as the news stories that litter its pages. His intervention at the heart of the Inside exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo left a lasting impression. His work is a series of sketches conveying a corrosive message. The grimacing, dreaming children are threatened by the world around them. Between dream and nightmare, between gentleness and provocation, between violence and humour, society and its violence are imposed on them.
His characters confront the harshness and absurdity of the world around them. DRAN's eye examines and analyses contemporary society through a critical lens.
Recurring themes such as the environment, consumerism, politics and religion are dissected in his work.
EN
A critical and unforgiving observer of society, DRAN uses paper and canvas to draw acerbic and cynical visions of human relationships in contemporary society, the one that Guy Debord described as a Society of Spectacle. He criticises its failings, its evolutions, its political economics and religions approaches, and various facts that litter the news pages. His intervention at the heart of the exhibition Inside the Palais de Tokyo made an impression. His works are scenes conveying a corrosive message. The grimacing and dreaming children are threatened by the world around them. Between dream and nightmare, between gentleness and provocation, between violence and humour, society and its violence impose themselves on them. His characters confront the harshness and absurdity of the world around them. DRAN's eye examines and analyzes contemporary society through a critical lens. Recurring themes such as the environment, consumerism, politics and religion are dissected in his creations.
DRAN
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