Discover the contemporary work of Baboute

Baboute est un peintre et plasticien né à Saint-Étienne en 1969.
Élève aux beaux-arts de Saint-Étienne de 1992 à 1996, il a été influencé par Henri Matisse et Claude Viallat.

Il vit et travaille à Saint-Étienne. Formé par Philippe Louisgrand et Philippe Favier , il obtient son diplôme en 1996.
Il a commencé à travailler dans le textile avec sa famille dans les années 1980. Il utilise à ses débuts des matériaux de récupérations tels que des bâches de parasol pour créer ses œuvres.

He lives and works in Saint-Etienne. Formed by Philippe Louisgrand and Philippe Favier, he graduated in 1996.
He began working in the textile industry with his family in the 1980s. It uses in its early stages of recovery of materials such as canvas umbrella to create his works. In the 1990s, he began to use a pattern found regularly in his latest series.
The paintings Baboute are intrinsically linked to the image of women, its historic symbol, its mystery. By a set of juxtaposition of figure and form, emerges a being that calls unnamed. Only figured reminder of the presence and existence of the subject dominates the canvas. The reader is thus caught in a fleeting expression, an outline, a shadow. The face is animated by the perception of the other which absorbs the lines, colors and lights. The motive for his code, it is identical, and yet so different. The portraits are fragmented. How to reconcile a figure and an abstract painting, how to layer visual languages? This is the issue of creation of this artist.

Nora Khennouf
Doctorate in religious history, politics and culture.

In the 1990s, he began to using a motif that is regularly found in his latest series.
Baboute's paintings are intrinsically linked to nature. the image of the woman, its historical symbol, its mystery. Through a game of juxtaposition of figure and shapes, a nameless being emerges who calls out. Only the figurative reminder The presence and existence of the subject dominates the canvas. The reader is thus caught up in by a fleeting expression, an outline, a shadow. The face comes alive through the perception of the other who absorbs the features, colors and lights. The pattern its code, it is identical, and yet so different. The portraits are fragmented. How to reconcile a figure and an abstract painting, how to superimpose visual languages? This is the challenge of the creation of this artist.

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