Les vieilles belles (2010) Painting by Eva Bergera

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Seller Eva Bergera

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Seller Eva Bergera

  • Original Artwork (One Of A Kind) Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
  • Dimensions Height 94.7in, Width 78.7in
  • Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
  • Framing This artwork is not framed
  • Categories Paintings under $5,000 Expressionism Colorful
Les vieilles belles est un surnom affectueux que l’artiste donne aux femmes d’un certain âge qui ont usé et abusé du bistouri, jusqu’à en être ravagées et devenir des formes de « monstres », dans le sens de « créatures » effrayantes pour beaucoup. Elles voulaient rester jeunes, belles, immortelles, comme le plastique. Et ça a dérapé. Elles nous questionnent[...]
Les vieilles belles est un surnom affectueux que l’artiste donne aux femmes d’un certain âge qui ont usé et abusé du bistouri, jusqu’à en être ravagées et devenir des formes de « monstres », dans le sens de « créatures » effrayantes pour beaucoup. Elles voulaient rester jeunes, belles, immortelles, comme le plastique. Et ça a dérapé. Elles nous questionnent sur notre rapport à notre propre corps, à la peur de changer, de vieillir et de mourir dans nos sociétés occidentales, dites développées. Les figures présentes dans mes toiles, qu’elles soient figées par le bistouri, rougies par la honte, spectrales, sont autant d’« autres » qui nous ramènent à notre fragilité, à la peur du vide qui s’ouvre à nous.

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The works of Éva Bergera are cries, white cries, deaf cries. It is a theme as old as (in)humanity that works the artist: the moral, physical, sexual and social violence inflicted on those who do not think[...]

The works of Éva Bergera are cries, white cries, deaf cries.

It is a theme as old as (in)humanity that works the artist: the moral, physical, sexual and social violence inflicted on those who do not think right.

A harmony of raw words and pop colors, shocking images and pious aesthetics, the work exudes an impressive force.

Hell according to her is a contrast of colors both bright and soft, strewn with flowers, fruits and saints with joined hands. We see familiar faces, Loana, Claude François, the artist herself and others only known to the police – robot portraits of criminals. Eva Bergera's collages have the chilling beauty of Rogier Van Den Weyden's Last Judgment. Like the masterpiece of the Hôtel-Dieu de Beaune, they demand that we linger in front of them to appreciate all their power, the richness of the details. They are lacerated with sentences: "And what's more, this whore is nice", "Stop! Stop you tire me, order two pizzas and shut your mouth”, “Are you going to cry? “… These words, Eva Bergera heard them, collected, triturated, some were intended for her.

And in the middle of this mess remains laughter, humor as an indispensable revolt against the absurd, against a conception of life devoid of meaning, of center. There will always be death at the end, so go find something to do!

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Born in 1988 in Roanne, Éva Bergera began painting in a painter's studio at the age of 8 and then multiplied competitions in supermarkets and surrounding villages. She develops an attachment to popular culture; Claude François, television, fairgrounds and a little later for the works of Annie Ernaux and Virginie Despentes.

Since the Salon de Montrouge, Éva Bergera's works have been noticed, bought by several ADIAF collectors, and her work has notably been shown at major Parisian fairs (the YIA, Slick Art Fair) or within prestigious institutions such as the IAC in Villeurbanne and the Lambert Collection Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon.

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