Discover the contemporary work of Leonor ROUSSEL

Sculptures - Mixed Media - Paintings - Drawings

- Acrylic, oil pastel, felt-tip pen, pen, aluminum foil, wire, resin

University: Postgraduate Literature and Art

Art schools in France/Spain for 15 years

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My artistic research questions society, explores the thin line that separates humanity from animality, civilization from savagery, the apparent coherence and absurdity of our world, its schizophrenia, the inversion or confusion of values,... questions the relationship between humanities and animalities or rethinks it with a common thread: the meaning of life.

My sensitivity sees, feels, absorbs …
When I look at humans (doubts, questions, confrontations, fears, individualities, egos, misunderstandings, confusions, solitude, instability, absurdity, ….,) I try to bring out their inability to bear the other, the one we meet, embrace, the one who has their distinctive marks, their dross and wounds, … and this applies to the other revisited and repeated themes.

The color reflects my current state of mind and corresponds to the "message" I want to convey.

This society that requires us to be well (progress) but isolates us, nature that must be protected yet is not respected. The future that we want to be better but which is increasingly uncertain.

After being selected, I worked I studied with master glassmakers in Murano (Italy) and was captivated by the vulnerability of the act of making. That moment when everything can tip over, break. All the energy, perseverance, stubbornness, meticulousness... directed towards a precise goal, an objective to achieve, which can, in a fraction of a second, shatter, just like life.

This is what I highlight with sculpture: this fragility of existence.
Our choices, our future.
The potential danger that underlies our actions, thoughts, and decisions:
To do or not to do,
To move forward at the risk of falling.
To question this moment when everything can change, what connects us to life or not, the passage to another state, another world, ...  
To find balance...

When I practice collage, I seek continuity; I am interested in accumulation or repetition, as in paintings; My sketches and drawings express the immediate feeling or idea of a moment.

University studies at Paris X (Literature and Arts – PhD)
Painting schools in France and Spain.
Solo and group exhibitions, competitions, etc. in France, Spain, and Italy