Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

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Cécile Duchêne-Malissin

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin is a resolutely figurative painter. His canvases depict isolated characters, imbued with a certain melancholy, and seeming plunged into a deep introspection. A diversity of mediums at the service of composition The painting of Cécile Duchêne-Malissin cannot be labeled as it is unique: by themes, the composition, but also the technique, mixing acrylic, ink, paper and canvas painting. Wishing to move away from “the simple paint”, she uses it as a starting point on a partly marouflaged canvas, where she adds various techniques such as pastel to oil, graphite mine, collage and sometimes the sewing. Cécile Duchêne-Malissin remains on the same theme for a long time, declining it on several canvases or drawings. Generally, it starts with a search for composition that it most of the time does with sketches to which it incorporates photos. A dreamlike universe imbued with nostalgia The paintings of Cécile Duchêne-Malissin do not mention any reference of time or place because that is not the important. Rather, it is a question of translating our fragility in front of the world and the need to hide behind a protective envelope. If childhood occupied a large part in her work before, Cécile Duchêne-Malissin's approach now evolves. The relationship to the body and its fragility remains however. Fugacity of existence, a tiny trace that it represents on the scale of the universe: the history of humanity is as brief as a beat of wings. Cécile Duchêne-Malissin transcribes this brevity thanks to transparencies obtained by a superposition of painting, ink and marouflated papers on the web. This ephemerity is approached in the "Disappearance" series, "Metamorphoses" or "Dust". The characters of the canvases are revealed as much as they hide: behind masks, vegetation. They present themselves to the spectator, abandoned to the gaze, and yet all in restraint. But is it the spectator who observes the character, or the opposite?

To read: the interview with Cécile Duchêne-Malissin on Kazoart's blog

Cécile Duchêne-Malissin Artworks

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    Kintsugi by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Kintsugi by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Kintsugi
    Paintings - 50x40 cm
    Jardin oublié II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Jardin oublié II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Jardin oublié II
    Paintings - 92x73 cm
    Iris noirs by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Iris noirs by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Iris noirs
    Paintings - 120x100 cm
    Ikebana II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Ikebana II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Ikebana II
    Paintings - 50x40 cm
    Jardin oublié by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Jardin oublié by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Jardin oublié
    Drawings - 56x38 cm
    Une ombre dans mes souvenirs IV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Une ombre dans mes souvenirs IV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Buisson IV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Buisson IV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Buisson IV
    Paintings - 116x89 cm
    Memento mori by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Memento mori by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Memento mori
    Paintings - 92x73 cm
    Fragile souvenir XIV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Fragile souvenir XIV by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Fragile souvenir XIV
    Paintings - 100x100 cm
    Kintsugi by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
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    Kintsugi by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Kintsugi
    Paintings - 30x22 cm
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    Embrasement by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Embrasement
    Paintings - 116x178 cm
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    Vestiges II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Vestiges II
    Paintings - 100x120 cm
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    L'heure bleue III by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    L'heure bleue III
    Paintings - 116x178 cm
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    Jeux d'enfants, le trophée by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Jeux d'enfants, le trophée
    Paintings - 55x75 cm
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    Versailles II by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Versailles II
    Paintings - 150x100 cm
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    Véranda VI by Cécile Duchêne-Malissin
    Véranda VI
    Paintings - 200x180 cm

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