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Learn, master (pictorial) techniques, be reassured in contact with them, and finally part with them, first unconsciously and then fully assumed, in favor of an aesthetic of error; this is what his path as a plastic artist has been. For several years now, his research has focused on the formal exploitation of failure, of the dumpling, of the blunder, of the clumsiness. The damaged image will always seem richer than a clean image. He looks for the loophole which cannot be caused but which can arise by taking unknown paths, by taking risks. He trusts experimentation and sees himself as an observer of the effects caused by his actions in a search for a balanced composition. In this sense it is less a question of relying on chance, than of nourishing one's art with the circumstances that arise during creation. Also Claude Billès gives more importance to the accidents encountered and consciously integrated than to the achievement of a formal objective.

His art is a constant catching up of his mistakes.

Sometimes at the border of abstraction, his work is always, in one way or another, in direct contact with reality, whether in its representation, or in its tangible grasp to form composite and hybridized productions. : paintings integrating cables, objects, thread, fragments of magazines… The production of digital images also responds to this notion of layers and stacking of data from reality. The artist superimposes layers of photos of objects, landscapes, textures. The image processing software offers an infinite number of combinations, mergers and density of transparency of the strata. There is only the manipulation which makes it possible to envisage exits. He cannot think of the final image, it is constructed before his eyes, only harmony will dictate the end of the search.

The choice of the medium is not made according to what he wishes to express but is linked to the circumstances of creation and precisely to the constraints of the moment: materials, equipment, available time. In this sense there is no pretext for not creating. No matter the tools and the technique, his works are always the result of a moment when the key words are constraint, experimentation, accident and finally balance. Everything is likely to become a creative act, provided you want to focus on things and extract a composition. Its ambition is to develop a multidisciplinary production by essence where everything is potentially raw material and anchored in an aesthetic of valuing error.


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All artworks of Claude Billès
Painting, The man inside the robot, Claude Billès

The man inside the robot

Claude Billès

Painting - 15.4 x 11 x 0.4 inch

$339

Photography, Banyuls, Claude Billès

Banyuls

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Painting, Mademoiselle Colombe, Claude Billès

Mademoiselle Colombe

Claude Billès

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,355

Painting, Wobobot, Claude Billès

Wobobot

Claude Billès

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,355

Photography, White tar, Claude Billès

White tar

Claude Billès

Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,146

Photography, A drop of milk, Claude Billès

A drop of milk

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.2 inch

$2,146

Photography, Le cloud, Claude Billès

Le cloud

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Photography, Clara, Claude Billès

Clara

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Photography, Night walks, Claude Billès

Night walks

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Photography, Marinella, Claude Billès

Marinella

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Photography, Leucate morning, Claude Billès

Leucate morning

Claude Billès

Photography - 23.6 x 43.3 x 0.8 inch

$2,146

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 9, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 9

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 8, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 8

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 11 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 7, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 7

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 6, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 6

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 11 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 5, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 5

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 4, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 4

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 3, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 3

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 8.7 x 0.6 inch

$136

Painting, Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 2, Claude Billès

Cent mille milliards [revolucion] 2

Claude Billès

Painting - 5.5 x 11 x 0.6 inch

$136

Photography, Vanilia sky, Claude Billès

Vanilia sky

Claude Billès

Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,372

Painting, San Fr_tzisko, Claude Billès

San Fr_tzisko

Claude Billès

Painting - 29.5 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch

$169

Photography, The kettle, Claude Billès

The kettle

Claude Billès

Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.2 inch

$2,372

Painting, Third type (8 Bits astronaut), Claude Billès

Third type (8 Bits astronaut)

Claude Billès

Painting - 7.9 x 11.4 x 0.2 inch

$136

Painting, Robot eyes, Claude Billès

Robot eyes

Claude Billès

Painting - 23.6 x 7.9 x 0.6 inch

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Who is the artist?

Learn, master (pictorial) techniques, be reassured in contact with them, and finally part with them, first unconsciously and then fully assumed, in favor of an aesthetic of error; this is what his path as a plastic artist has been. For several years now, his research has focused on the formal exploitation of failure, of the dumpling, of the blunder, of the clumsiness. The damaged image will always seem richer than a clean image. He looks for the loophole which cannot be caused but which can arise by taking unknown paths, by taking risks. He trusts experimentation and sees himself as an observer of the effects caused by his actions in a search for a balanced composition. In this sense it is less a question of relying on chance, than of nourishing one's art with the circumstances that arise during creation. Also Claude Billès gives more importance to the accidents encountered and consciously integrated than to the achievement of a formal objective.

His art is a constant catching up of his mistakes.

Sometimes at the border of abstraction, his work is always, in one way or another, in direct contact with reality, whether in its representation, or in its tangible grasp to form composite and hybridized productions. : paintings integrating cables, objects, thread, fragments of magazines… The production of digital images also responds to this notion of layers and stacking of data from reality. The artist superimposes layers of photos of objects, landscapes, textures. The image processing software offers an infinite number of combinations, mergers and density of transparency of the strata. There is only the manipulation which makes it possible to envisage exits. He cannot think of the final image, it is constructed before his eyes, only harmony will dictate the end of the search.

The choice of the medium is not made according to what he wishes to express but is linked to the circumstances of creation and precisely to the constraints of the moment: materials, equipment, available time. In this sense there is no pretext for not creating. No matter the tools and the technique, his works are always the result of a moment when the key words are constraint, experimentation, accident and finally balance. Everything is likely to become a creative act, provided you want to focus on things and extract a composition. Its ambition is to develop a multidisciplinary production by essence where everything is potentially raw material and anchored in an aesthetic of valuing error.

What are their 3 main works?

What is Claude Billès’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Abstract Collages

When was Claude Billès born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1969