GERARD Colette - Artrinet

GERARD Colette

Artrinet work analysis of GERARD Colette

Classification : A500-B275-C200-D170-D165
(You can click on each code separatly
to locate it in the general classification grid.)

GERARD Colette
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The classification provides four or more codes placed on four axis (A - formalism, B - matériality, C - involvement body/mind, D - communication). These codes are positionning the artist in the art history.

A axis : FORMALISM
When looking at the work, what type of formalisation first strikes the eye? Is it more abstract or more figurative, etc ? (on a scale from more "immaterial" to more "realist").

A500 : Forms of "Realism"
Differents ways of observing the realities of the world, from a point of view of: "Brechtian"
"Distanciation" of figures with explicit socio-political convictions, with the aim of changing social or political realities (André Fougeron, Groupe DDP, Renato Guttuso, …), or at least "critical" of such realities (Peter Saul, Cindy Sherman, Equipo Cronica, B.Rancillac, ...).

B axis : MATERIALITY
How does the materiality of what is shown come across?
(on a scale from more "immaterial" to more "real").

B275 : Works on what is real / natural
all other works using the "natural" as it stands, for example in Arte Povera ("salads" by G. Anselmo, Luciano Fabro, ... ), "Land art", or "Earth art" (colourings of nature by Jean Veram, Robert Smithson, Richard Long, ...).

C axis : INVOLVEMENT BODY/ MIND
With what body:mind ratio does the artist enter into his work?
Classify from the most "intellectual" (e.g."Concept Art"...) to the most "physical" (e.g. "Body Art", ...).

C200 : tending towards the corporeal / the senses the work as the result of an action with the whole body/ on the body
"Viennese Actionism", "Body Art" (Gina Pane, Michel Journiac, ...), Yves Klein's "Happenings" with colored nudes, ... Urs Luthi's cross dressing, Pierre Pinoncelli, performances by Fabrice Hybert, Gilbert and George, J. Beuys, Vanessa Beecrost, and the "kisses" of Orlan, ...

D axis : COMMUNICATION
Does the artist have the deliberate intention to convey a message of any sort through his work?
(classified from the most "mystical" to the most "worldly").

D170 : tending towards the worldly by direct mass communication
banners, addresses, ... all socio-artistic "Actions" (A. Sorbelli, ...) like "Sociological Art" (Fred Forest's "demos", ...).

D165 : tending towards the worldly "Relational Aesthetics" and the like
"installations" by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Thomas Hirschhorn, Mathieu Laurette, ...).

GERARD Colette
www.colettegerard.fr