DIMITRA BOURITSA
  • Dimitra Bouritsa
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Memoires d'un fou
2019-2020

In this exuberant series, the inital thought was to create a visual diary , like an illustrated fairy tale book, without a specific text , where each image tells its own story, but they remain connected. Some characters appear in more than one painting , not exactly in the same way, living several adventures. Borrowing the title from Flaubert's book Memoires d'un fou -which really spoke to me through its fierceness and clarity of thought in a poetic way- , i wanted to create a theatrical imagery , in which surreal  female figures are the troop, telling tales about the vanity , the absurdeness but also the beauty of human existence. The atmosphere of another era was important , taking at first an inspiration papier peints decoratifs ( hand painted wallpapers) of 18th century french villas  as refernce for the landscape surroundings , to conclude with mostly imagined ones in the end.
'Je rêvais de joies infinies, de voluptés qui sont du ciel'. 190x170 cm, oil on canvas, 2019
'D'accord mon cher, le coeur est stupide', 190x170cm, oil on canvas, 2019
'On me raillait de ma chasteté', 190x170 cm , oil on canvas, 2019
'C' était un brilant théâtre avec des femmes parées', 190x170 cm, oil and fabric collage on canvas, 2019
'Whatever happened to Alice', water oils on canvas, 120 x160 cm ,2020
'Tetin refaict plus blanc qu'un oeuf, tetin de satin tout neuf', 190x170 cm, oil on canvas, 2019
'A heap of broken images,where the sun beats', 120 x160 cm, water oils on canvas, 2020
'After the frosty silence in the gardens', water oils on canvas, 100x 150 cm , 2020
'Sa peau était ardente et comme véloutée avec de l'or', 100x130 cm , water oils and oil pastels on canvas, 2019
'April is the cruelest month', water oils on canvas, 100x120 cm, 2020
'Lilacs out of the dead land', 100x120 cm, water oils on canvas, 2020
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  • Dimitra Bouritsa
  • Works
    • Tender Creatures
    • Memoires d'un fou
    • Les pierres de tes palais se disjoignent
    • Mother
    • Les aventures de Chloe_les collages
    • The Baroque era
    • Family/Friendly Moments
    • Peek A Boo
    • Souvenirs de l' Amérique Latine
  • About
  • Comissions
  • For Sale
    • Prints >
      • De joies infinies
      • The Puppets of Time
      • The empty crinoline