Discover the contemporary work of christian lefevre
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Christian Lefèvre was born à Orleans In 1957, at a very young age, his family settled in Paris. Bois Colombes where he did his studies. He graduated from from the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1978. From this date he began to paint. teaching in colleges, activity that it continues even now. Exhibitions in galleries, cultural centers and museums have since followed one another. His interest also extended to the on urban space and the role of the artist in the city, he thus achieved several interventions on public and private buildings. His works can be found in public collections and in private homes. He also participated in the à the management of an associative gallery, the Galerie du Haut Pavé located à Paris. Having discovered Portugal thanks to his wife, he currently lives half his life. from year to year Caxias.
Be lucid and uncover deception thanks to the eye, this can opener of the great impostures, including that of modernity; which would allow you to accumulate endlessly, will from a few to; organize the different relationships with the world with the aim of sticking as closely as possible to their needs. Moreover this reality advance hidden behind the word progress, which makes one's throat burst. a possible dispute. How to be against progress? Vigilance is often devalued because it is disruptive. The dominant discourse makes lucidity clear. vulnerable by making it appear as reactionary.
And the world shows another face. It must be technical, industrial and rational. Landscape, meat, speech, desire, leisure are commodities. The landscape is transformed into an object that can be acquired. It has become a valuable asset. who we gave a deed of ownership. The table window is replaced by the green guide. Appropriation no longer occurs only through the gaze, but also through the mediation of the machine. We film, we photograph: will to bring the landscape home, to have it at your disposal. home, without risks, at home the right scale. Access must be guaranteed at all times. everyone must enjoy it according to their means. Use by all but property of a few. The acquisition replaces the the democratic act. The production system imposes its values to the detriment of morality. Vacant spaces, those left behind are interpreted as waste.
On the other hand, the monstrous seems to become a smiling outcome. The worst incongruities are offered to us without provoking the slightest emotion. The faults, the disturbances tend to become more serious. multiply without creating real concern. Even more, error is considered inevitable and it ends up being the norm. Perverse slippage which distorts judgment to lead to a confusion of values.
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