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Claire Deniau’s practice is driven by a re-appropriation of desire - not the desire constantly imposed, exploited and manipulated, which exists in our consumerism society - the ‘original desire’, hidden and forgotten. Desire as an incessant quest for the ungraspable, and the absolute, where imaginary is freed and revived. Desire as a life drive.
Her incessant process of experimentation, that is the act of painting, shares the same quest. From one painting emerges another painting in an endless and obsessive gesture towards the ultimate piece.
Painting with oil imposes its own temporality. It is a resistance act. The drying time offers a detachment and a reflection almost inexistent in a world obsessed by instant performance. This time off the canvas allows her to extend her research into etching, drawing, video and artist book.