Jacques-Yves Chaïb

Painter, Photographer, Draftsman, Textile Artist, Printmaker | France

« Poet of colors, photographer of chiaroscuro and sculptor of words. »

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Since my childhood I have always liked to create, to develop my ideas. Trying out all the arts, doing tests in various mediums. Learn how to use it, but also listen to what everyone has to offer me. This journey between painting, drawing, photography, poetry, video, music or theater, allowed me to develop my own artistic techniques, which I mix, or recompose. My artistic inspirations have been diverse, ranging from Rembrandt and chiaroscuro, to Turner. But also more contemporary artists like the Mangaka Echiiro Oda, or the directors Michel Ocelot. They brought me this love of the play of light and shadows. The work of the silhouettes, and the contrasts of lively and rich colors. But I also like to look at things through a different prism. Offering prints of photographic negatives in the digital age where he disappeared, because he was in the past only a scrap. But for me those are unknown worlds.

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Impression Négative

Because the first impression we have is always negative. But this is also the case with a photograph, well it was before digital technology. This series is a photographic work linked to a childhood pleasure of looking at the negatives of my photos. Sometimes it's just a little eyeglass left aside. While the colors brought visions of unreal worlds. For several years I have had fun taking certain photos only for the negatives. Because here I seek to offer the public these landscapes which seem fantasized like countries from other planets. But which also questions our own perception of colors in the world compared to other animals who do not necessarily have the same spectrum as us.