Madness

Clemence Devienne’s painting is haunted by the theme of madness and its representation. On these canvases, her artistic gesture is lively, impulsive, vibrant, and the lines are often raw. She has a direct relationship with the material. Without preparatory drawings, the lines are reworked directly into the color. The faces she paints convey a tension between strength and fragility, between apparent coherence and inner cracks.