Artists Eric Bourdon and Chimère at the Schèmes gallery

Article in La Voix du Nord  (Oct 30, 2009) - Lille, France

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THE CLASH OF GENRES WITH ERIC BOURDON

AND CHIMÈRE AT THE SCHÈMES GALLERY

The light, the colors, the language, everything opposes the two self-taught artists, apart from the passion that stimulates them. A rather unusual meeting with the two Lillois at Didier Dewulf’s.

Eric Bourdon knew he would paint since he was 5 years old. A scientific baccalaureate, a philosophy degree and thirty-six jobs later, he realizes his dream. “When I know something, that doesn't interest me anymore, he explains. With painting, I can evolve inside the frame.”  His style ? “Undefinable : it's me !”  He performs a spontaneous creation work on the line. The Barbapapa are not so far ! His bright colored improvised characters chatter and renew themselves unceasingly, but there are the key figures : the potato guy and the penguin ! “His canvas are a great success with children,”  tells the galerist, who sells a lot of them to the speech therapists and pediatricians for their waiting room. His works have already crossed some borders.

Chimère : a very evocative pseudonym for this painter whose dreamlike and fantastic, or even Gothic universe does not leave anybody indifferent ! It's his first exhibition in a gallery. Fabien Revoy has been devoting himself to his art for twenty years and demonstrates an astonishing mastery. The books, the cinema, the role-playing games feed his inspiration. Fascinating fallen angels (his main theme) haunt dark kingdoms. “But the finality is positive,”  assures the artist [...]

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