Artistic Classification...

This global analysis of my artworks was written by French Art Critic and Art Historian Mr Francis PARENT, on the basis of my very first abstract collections.

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.

My classification : A190 - A290 - B180 - B170 - B230 - C120 - C160 - D110
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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" ?

• A190 : Abstracts not constructed / informal mixed : between "Matter informalist", "Tachism" and "Action Painting"
  ►►► Willem De Kooning, Clifford Still, Antoni Tapiès, Bengt Lindström, Jean-Paul Riopelle, Olivier Debré,...
   
• A290 : Figures Imaginary Visionary, mediumistic, fantasy
  ►►► Roberto Matta, Max Ernst, Gustave Moreau, Paul Delvaux,...
  ►►►... or the recent "Fictionists": Marko Mori,...

How does the materiality of what is shown come across, on a scale from more "immaterial" to more "real" ?

• B180 : Materiality in painting, but also with all other materials with the following possibilities : mixed materiality : structured / unstructured when a work is "structured" in its "lack of structure", and vice versa (repetition of forms, signs, matter...)
  ►►► Claude Viallat, Niele Toroni, Jean Degottex, Simon Hantaï,...
   
• B170 : Materiality in painting, but also with all other materials with the following possibilities : structured / unstructured combinations, free combinations of colour, matter and volumes in a more unstructured fashion ►►► Alberto Burri, Manolo Millares Sall,...
   
• B230 : Materiality in painting, but also with all other materials with the following possibilities : Structuredstructured combinations any combinations of lines, colours, matter or volumes of a more structured type
  ►►► Michael Heizer, Anish Kapoor, Miguel Barceló,...

With what body/mind ratio does the artist enter into her work ? Classification from the most "intellectual" (e.g."Concept Art"...) to the most "physical" (e.g. "Body Art", ...)

• C120 : towards the intellectual side/ the essence of things, inward looking work chiefly oriented towards: projective dreams, poetry, lyricism,… to "project" an inner world
  ►►► Henri Michaux, Wols,....
   
• C160 : tending towards the corporeal / the senses via expression with "humanity" (i.e. the passage from Life to Death)

Does the artist have the deliberate intention to convey a message of any sort through her work? (classification from the most "mystical" to the most "worldly")

• D110 : via what is meant with various spiritual or less marked religious influences
  ►►► Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Roman Opalka,....

Reception at the Dorothy's Gallery, Paris, on december 10, 2011 on the occasion of the release of the "Who's Who in International Art 2012-2013". An introduction by french Art Critic Francis Parent. Source : © Whos' Who Art Club.