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ÎLES-SOUS-LE- VENT


2020

Chien-pêcheur-3, 2020

Huahine
Oil on paper (detail)

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ÎLES-SOUS-LE- VENT
2020

Pandora

"Polynesia sometimes reminds me of the planet Pandora..."

Abstracts

... The one from the movie Avatar: Its fauna, its luxuriant flora. The planet Polynesia is also inhabited by beautiful bipeds living in harmony with the nature to which they belong. As in the film, the planet was invaded by very nasty colonists who exploded horrible devastating bombs, but also traversed by kindly visiting aliens, welcomed by the natives with the kindness that has woven their legend.

Reality is more complex than fiction. The Avatar tale, except that it features the eternal white saviour, is however 'replicable' in all the colonial contexts of the lands where the Living is resisting the onslaught of capitalism as best it can.

Works

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Chien-pêcheur-3, 2020

Huahine
Oil on paper
76 x 56 cm

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Vanille, 2020

Taha’a
Oil on canvas
140 x 190 cm

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La route de Faaaa, 2020

Taha’a
Oil on canvas (detail)
140 x 190 cm

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Tohonu-2, 2020

Huahine
Oil on paper
76 x 56 cm

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Banian, 2020

Hahine
Oil on canvas
76 x 112 cm

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Te Auteraa, 2020

Hahine
Oil on paper
112 x 152 cm

Maps

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Carte des Îles de la Société, 2021

Oil on canvas, 140 x 103 cm

Making-of

Illustration Making Of
Huahine, 2020

© Gwen Le Bras

Books

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