Evens Arcelin 2SERIES: PLEASURE & PHIDIAS

" Everything is made of ease and difficulty, many paintings are born with a certain ease and others in pain, and for this, all the surfaces must be well prepared before I apply the first coat of paint that I call chaos, the genesis of all perfect order." -

- Evens Arcelin 

"This series invites us to reflect on what we are called to or the involuntary rejection of our creative powers. Phidias is the cornerstone of this series. With the famous quote, I learned from my math teacher who repeated, "each man carries within him a Phidias; his duty is to chisel his marble until he brings out the coarse mass of his instinct." An intelligent, cultured, and free being. There is so much suffering on earth.

Some of the artworks advocate a new global contract, a new way of seeing the world. Promiscuity is all those who live and pile up in the dark without hope of a better tomorrow. Nicole is the symbol of resistance and power, this woman who fights against all odds, who resists and commands. Everyone holds their place in the society in which they evolve, conscious or unconscious. This force to think propels us towards glory or keeps us in shame, parallelism existing between the strong and the weak to know who is the lucky one.