{"id":5267,"date":"2023-03-02T15:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2023-03-02T15:05:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:05:41","slug":"la-ptite-interview-de-laetitia-grun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/en\/la-ptite-interview-de-laetitia-grun\/","title":{"rendered":"La\u00ebtitia Gr\u00fcn&#8217;s little interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A look back at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/gallery\/laetitia-grun\/\">La\u00ebtitia Gr\u00fcn<\/a>&#8216;s exhibition,<br \/>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/portfolio\/exposition-sous-les-feuilles-laetitia-grun\/\">Sous les Feuilles<\/a>&#8220;<\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Where does the choice to draw with a biro and blue ink come from?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>I started drawing with a biro during my second year at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Grenoble. At that time, I often hiked in the mountains and carried in my backpack the bare essentials for drawing: a pen, an eraser, a pencil and paper. Working with modest tools and materials, easy to find anywhere, on small formats that are easy to carry, has been a determining factor in my artistic practice, because I am free to create without depending on a place, a studio. <br \/>As for the choice of colour, blue, I believe that it is the one that fully corresponds to the depth and poetry that I try to instil in my drawings.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>The subtlety of the line allows you to represent the variations of the light, what technique do you use to render the nuances and the shadows in your drawings?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>As you mentioned in your question, it is the subtlety of the line that allows me to represent the variations of light; it is therefore by playing on the intensity, the orientation or the density of the line that I obtain a nuancier of blues. I also sometimes work with biros ink like paint and thus create flat areas with a brush.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Your exhibition takes the viewer on an immersive walk in nature: how does walking relate to drawing and how has your passion for the mountains influenced the creation of your drawings?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>The notions of repetition, gesture, and unity are present in my work and resonate with walking. Through this gesture of hatching, this repeated line that I draw on the sheet, I try to reproduce the body mechanics that takes place during long walks. This state where the body executes an automatic movement, letting the thoughts follow their course. <br \/>There is a link between the landscapes I draw and my own emotions: for a long time, the mountains have been a subject because they evoke wide open spaces, high peaks on which one climbs to gain height, to see far, to contemplate one&#8217;s horizon and to determine one&#8217;s life choices, one&#8217;s future. <br \/>Today, it is the forest, the magic that surrounds it and its mystical aura that, at a time of introspection, nourishes my work.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>&#8220;To render the poetry of the moment&#8221; is the aim of your artistic approach. How do you learn to look at the landscape poetically?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>To begin with, I would like to quote Antoine de Saint Exup\u00e9ry and his famous phrase from The Little Prince: &#8220;You can only see well with your heart. What is essential is invisible to the eyes&#8221;. <br \/>One cannot learn to look at the landscape in a poetic way; the organ of poetry is not the eye but the heart. You have to feel the world, its beauty, and have the will to access the invisible, the romantic.<\/p>\r\n<p><figure class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5269\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"exterieur galerie La\u00ebtitia Gr\u00fcn\" width=\"783\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1600x1200.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.alcove-lyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG-4778-1800x1350.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/figure><\/p>\r\n<h5>Exhibition &#8220;Sous les Feuilles&#8221; from 23 February to 12 March 2023 at the Galerie L&#8217;Alc\u00f4ve.<\/h5>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look back at La\u00ebtitia Gr\u00fcn&#8216;s exhibition,&#8220;Sous les Feuilles&#8220; &nbsp; &nbsp; Where does the choice to draw with a biro and blue ink come from? I started drawing with a biro during my second year at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Grenoble. 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