At the age of 78, Geneviève Mourès has written a book about her life, its several hundred pages illustrated by original documents. Based in Martinique, this well-known artist fascinates us with her medium of choice, the collage.
For many years, the original art work created by Geneviève Mourès and the collagists that she has trained in her atelier “Sa sé yo” in Martinique, has captivated the many people who are curious to discover how, with numerous little pieces of paper glued together, one can create colorful new worlds… With what mysterious processes and techniques can one give life to these “little scraps of nothing at all,” headed for the trash? It must be the miracle of creativity and the unrivaled pedagogy of an experienced, inspired professor.
A faithful witness to the soul and history of Creole society.
Crédit photos : © Éric Hersilie-Héloïse
Above all, with Geneviève Mourès, there is a sense of return and of restitution in her innermost truth: the West Indian reality, her soul vibrates from the things and the people that are so important in the heart of this artist. “Every life has its highs and lows, the loss of balance, and every moment has its color and its perfume,” she explains.
Crédit photos : © Éric Hersilie-Héloïse.
What then is this perfume, always present in the life of Geneviève Mourès ?
Subtle fragrances along her path that led her day after day, through experiences and journeys, toward her vocation which became her mission: the transmission of the artistic spark. With these revelations, she unspools the trajectory of her life for us. In this beautiful publication, Geneviève Mourès invites us to share her life path, to taste the fruit of her pedagogy, to feast our eyes on her work—whose attractiveness proves that she deserves to be considered one of the leading artists of her generation.
Auteur : Éric Hersilie-Héloïse
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ~
«Perfume Of A Life», published in December 2022 by the author, Geneviève Mourès, now available in bookstores.
