Biography
Carole Louvezy is a self-taught French artist established in Canada since 2016. She first devoted herself to sculpture in bas-relief on wood, drawing inspiration mainly from sheet sculptures from the Middle Ages before devoting herself, from from 2011, to black and white photography. Without abandoning photography, she continues her artistic research today by exploring the many facets of acrylic painting.
Steps
Growing up in Lyon, France, in neighborhoods where poverty and the presence of graffiti were omnipresent, Carole Louvezy was very early interested in urban street scenes and the representation of human misery. It was first of all the street photographers Robert Doisneau and Vivian Maier, active in the 1950s, who influenced her photographic style by favoring the use of black and white and directing her attention to what was happening around her. . . She then seeks to capture moments in the life of people often forgotten, sometimes drunk or curled up on themselves in a moment of distress. The pain and loneliness of these anonymous passers-by challenge her and the fact of immortalizing them on film allows her to make their suffering heard. She thus tries to make the spectator react, in order to take him out of his comfort zone: a provocation which aims not to shock, but which invites reflection.
She also explores landscape photography. She then lingers to capture unusual scenes where ambiguity leaves room for doubt as to what is seen and a polysemous poetry that sharpens curiosity and promotes contemplation. The paintings of Carole Louvezy take into account these two influences, but are also inspired by naive art, expressionist and urban art. By their raw side and their bright colors, his paintings attract the eye. We will often see a brick wall covered with tags and graffiti that reminds him of his childhood in Lyon and the messages of revolt inscribed with the aerosol on the masonry. Sometimes she adds an unusual element, such as an eye, which surprises with its surreal appearance in this context. By his presence, he forces the viewer to ask questions, activate his imagination and build his own story.