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The Monochromes
acrylic on canvas,
These are the very last paintings by Fabienne Quinsac. One or two of them were finished just hours before her sudden passing. That day, the paintings titled Rupture (Break-up) and Incertitude / Absence (Uncertainty / Absence) were drying on easels. Fabienne was cutting wood next to her studio when she had a stroke. Fabienne Quinsac had explored a similar artistic path at the end of the "red and black period", with expanses of shades of black enhanced by touches of red. But, at that time, she could not go further, from a psychological and almost physical point of view. "If I go further, I kill myself", she said. Well, she didn't, and turned to new experiments. But 2012 proved to be a very harsh year. Her sister died. Then she began to lose sight, with doctors telling her she would probably become blind in a few months (they proved to be wrong: Fabienne found a treatment in Switzerland). And her father's health was rapidly declining. In spite of this situation, or maybe thanks to it, Fabienne found the strength to cross the barrier she previously preferred to circumvent, as if she was facing her ultimate inner truth. Compared to her sparest works so far, the white and greyish shades replace black, and black replaces red. And, this time, you really wonder which path Fabienne would have taken after this primal, barren step into the white landscapes of the most intimate creation. However, a close look sometimes reveals a very light blue in Incertitude/Absence (Uncertainty/Absence), some yellow in La Toile blanche (The White Canvas), some red in Imbrication 1 (Interlock n°1), Espace 7 (Space n°7), Espace 8 (Space n°8). This outlines this talent of our own: telling a lot with the most simple means. Fabienne died just outside her studio on August 30th, 2013, three months after her father.
Espace 7 (Space n°7) 40x40 cm (private collection)
Imbrications 1 (Interlock n°1) 40x40 cm 500€
La toile blanche (The White Canvas) 80x100 cm (private collection)
Espace 8 40x40 cm 500€
Incertitude / Absence (Uncertainty / Absence) 80x100 cm (private collection)
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Rupture (Break-up) 150x100 cm 3000€ This painting, that was on an easel when Fabienne passed away, might be unfinished. It is not signed. And there is a title written on the back, but upside down in relation to the mounting system. It is also the biggest single work painted by Fabienne -only the triptych Collision is larger.
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