

MC GARBAGE
Born: 1975
Hometown: BRUXELLES
Based in: Bruxelles
Born: 1975
Hometown: BRUXELLES
Based in: Bruxelles
Painter of reality, I want to show things that are not seen, or by concealment of habit. Accumulated waste in the city allow me to treat all kinds of shapes, materials, subjects and shiny plastic colored transparent acetate, aluminum foils, covers of magazines dealing with news and packaging materials ...
Born in April 1975 with a degree in Fine Arts (DNSEP) I live and work in Brussels and exhibited in France (Lille, Le Touquet, Paris, St Tropez) and Belgium (Brussels, Mouscron).
My current paintings of various sizes, are executed from photographs (photographic or combinations) of trash found in the streets of the world. Their titles are the GPS coordinates of the places where they come from, their subtitles names of cities in which they arise. My paintings are modern landscapes, they are snapshots of our lives and reveal the futility of our society. They are at first sight beautiful to contemplate realistic paintings - easy clean - but in reality they denounce the underlying problems related to our lifestyle. I propose a similar approach to hyper-realistic painters, except that my version - through its mode of representation differs in sound-meaning and purpose. My work questions both the world of art - what does it take to paint today? - And human society. My paintings reflect the garbage insatiable consumerism of our society. These are modern vanities that remind us of the famous Latin phrase "memento mori", "remember that you will die." Therefore beyond the beauty of the waste appears a stark reality: we all end up like soda cans, to scrap!
By ghosting, I'd like the viewer to find art around every corner, remembering my work and remembers the brevity of life meditating on the meaning of his life ...
What inspires you?
All these things that will disappear and that I love. I am an insatiable collector of images, and to make them my own, I paint them. What matters is not the beauty or the ugliness of the subject, it is the appropriation and the fact of keeping the fixed image of the object
Describe your creative process.
Research of the subject, drawing of the sketch, painting on the canvas.
What are 3 words that best describe your work?
Colorful, amazing, alive.
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Picasso, Richter, Lichtenstein, Mondrian, Hirst, Monet, Dali, Freud, Banksy, Warhol, Kaws, Madsaki, Murakami, Sorayama, Estes...and many others!
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
Brain, eyes, good painting, good brushes, good canvas, good music.
What is the best piece of advice you have been given?
Don't use too much black, do what you love to paint, have no limits.
Where do you go for inspiration?
I travel a lot, I photograph a lot, it's my raw material. I also collect a lot of images from the internet. I like abandoned places, full of graffiti, waste, but also wild nature.
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Education
ARBA ESA Bruxelles
Belgium, 2010
Ecole Régionale Supérieure d' Expression Plastique de Tourcoing
France, 2006
Awards
Prix Alain Godon - Le Touquet Paris Plage
2010
Exhibitions
KATART Global Art Fair, Doha
Qatar, 2019
Ten Art Gallery, Knokke Heist
Belgium, 2017
JPB Art Gallery, St Tropez
France, 2013
Strip Art Gallery, Paris
France, 2013
Lille Art Fair, Lille
France, 2012
Fardel Fine Art Gallery, Le Touquet
France, 2011
Xavier Ronse Gallery, Mouscron
Belgium, 2011
Fine Arts Museum , Le Touquet
France, 2010
School of Fine Arts, St Omer
France, 2010