CHARLIE FOR J-C DE CASTELBAJAC

Charlie work very close to Jean-Charles for the THE TYRANNY OF BEAUTY exhibition at the gallery B A N K in paris.
Keeping with the same obsession, for the past 40 years, Castelbajac has been using reworks and appropriations to create bridges between practice and symbolism to trigger questions and evoke a kind of emotional nostalgia .
JCDC then asked Charlie to Create 3 casual wigs for hie Statues named
Maria-Josepha , Maria-Johanna, Maria-Antonia .
The tyranny in question is that of an insatiable need to please, of youth’s domination, of a quest for immortality and of the denial of time past.

Castelbajac adds trait, logo, sign or brand obliteration to classic master paintings. As if creams, capsules or other artifices could open up a path to eternal youth and stamp their radiant faces with indelible copyrights.?

The oil paintings are based on ancestral techniques. They reduce to the state of manufacture a selection of Western Art’s masterpieces. By reproducing works from our heritage, the artist reclaims History and images of beauty at their height of refinement.
JEAN-CHARLES DE CASTELBAJAC THE TYRANNY OF BEAUTY EXHIBITION AT GALLERY B.A.N.K IN PARIS NOW