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As a French graphic designer my work is directly influenced by my commercial practice, typography, graffiti, construction grids or poster art. I count collage, cut-up, reappropriation and more generally the culture of remix as inspiration. It also stems from an education that could be described as “classic”, marked by Pre-Raphaelite painting, Hieronymus Bosch, the engravings of Francisco de Goya, alchemy, Christian religion or even botanical plates, anatomical studies and heraldry.
The « ligne Claire » functions as a central link in my practice.
Screen printing, which I have been practicing for a few years, has enabled me to push this graphic research and focus on the repetition it allows as well as the possible “errors” or stains…
My vocabulary, which is expressed mainly through drawing, stenciling and linocut, has therefore been greatly enriched. It has also allowed me to create a series of digital experiments, which I then seek to transcribe and print mechanically.
I try to reconcile a contemporary digital mechanical coldness with a more romantic vision associated with drawing.
I’m also passionate about designing books / fanzines that go hand in hand with these prints. The « book-object » has always had a central place in my artistic approach and my documentation.
In addition, the practice of DIY – a punk gesture par excellence – is very important because it offers the conditions for a raw, sensual and strong research that goes to the essential.
I try – as much as possible – to push and develop my graphic language by exploiting and diverting these classic references that have built me; and the drawing and the screen printing – thanks to their timeless qualities – serve to imagine and develop a body of work centered around the idea of vanity.
Articles:
www.peopleofprint.com/books/amelie-du-petit-thouars-existential-dread-is-keeping-me-busy/
www.peopleofprint.com/solo-artist/amelie-du-petit-thouars-apocalypse/
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