Parenthesis
"It was a very high-profile period. Of course I was looking for recognition, but I’m convinced that it was in relation to myself …"
Abstracts
"I embarked on my first race, the BOC Challenge 86/87, to prove to myself that I was capable of it. I didn’t bring shame on myself but I didn’t win either. This triggered an unexpected phenomenon: a spirit of vengeance, hostility, almost hatred, which was the driving force behind my victory in the Vendée. The difference with art, or anything else, is that in sport there’s a finish line. A very basic and monomaniacal objective that demands voracious tenacity to the exclusion of all other considerations.
Except that crossing this finish line in first place annihilated, all of a sudden, all this passing madness within me. Brel didn’t believe in talent, he didn’t believe in genius, but in willfulness, desire. I immediately lost the desire to be a champion. As soon as I finished the Vendée, I announced my retirement from ocean racing and my intention to build a floating studio. Launching into the construction of my big schooner was no doubt a mistake, encouraged by media fervor that often clouds healthy discernment. The outcome of this venture was proof of this!"
Titouan Lamazou
Works
![Vendée Globe 3930](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_la_baie_du_grand_joca_ramiro.jpg?itok=U-Ex8q9s)
Brazil
Acrylic and ink on paper
50 x 126 cm
![Vendée Globe 3915](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvres_notre_propre_enfer.jpg?itok=yMQDpl_R)
France
Acrylic on paper
150 x 220 cm
![Vendée Globe 4160](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_philippe_poupon_0.jpg?itok=F7ylHAda)
Contestant of Vendée Globe
Acrylic on paper
50 x 65 cm
![Vendée Globe 4161](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_jean-francois_coste_0.jpg?itok=cv-LOFnM)
Concurrent du Vendée Globe
Acrylic on paper
65 x 50 cm
![Vendée Globe 3926](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/element-block/public/uploads/oeuvre/tit_2017_oeuvre_ecureuil_daquitaine_2.jpg?itok=Nno6pZqy)
France
Ink and gouache on paper
60 x 44 cm
Making-of
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/tit_2017_makingof_vendee_globe2.jpg?itok=Rtq1JXpD)
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/tit_2017_makingof_vendee_globe3.jpg?itok=S1BkBAPI)
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/tit_2017_makingof_vendee_globe4.jpg?itok=9ymq6gw9)
![Illustration Making Of](https://artiste.titouanlamazou.com/sites/default/files/styles/width-half/public/uploads/illustration/tit_2017_makingof_vendee_globe6.jpg?itok=Dd1DikZt)