Clémence Prévault makes us discover Art brut through the story of an artist as unknown as endearing, Jean Bordes
By Hakim Aoudia (culturedvisor)
Clemence Prevault
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Jean Bordes was born in 1916.
Suffering from typhoid fever at the age of three, he barely survived, but suffered lifelong consequences. Orphaned at the age of five, he was taken in by his cousin Marie in her farmhouse in Galey in Ariège.
Having barely attended school, he only speaks patois; accompanied by many gestures, to make themselves understood better.
Nicknamed Jean de Ritou or the “Pec” (the madman), he spent his days in landfills and other dumps; recovering various objects to make improbable assemblies.
Jano Pesset, an artist from Ariège who discovered the work of Jean Bordes, describes his first encounter with the “Pec” clusters as follows: “Gizmos, gadgets, tricks, zinzins hung, twisted, garlanded bushes and hedges, or stood in repositories at the foot of the trees. Why did the nature so beautiful in these places have to receive such an outfit? These arrangements were beyond comprehension. Was this the navel of an ancient or future world? »
A few years after Jean’s death in 1985, he even took part of the works to the Fabuloserie; a place/museum imagined by the architect Alain Bourbonnais in 1983 on an idea of Jean Dubuffet.
Through an extremely original staging, Clémence Prévault accompanied by Sébastien Janjou on the guitar demystifies Art Brut by creating heterogeneous assemblies on stage, from everyday objects and tells us in parallel the story of Jean Borders.
Using processes as diverse as video projection, live music or documentary theatre, she tackles the themes of disability, difference, imagination and inclusion in an enriching show with eminently educational virtues.
Don’t forget to plan about fifteen minutes to visit the small exhibition before or after the performance.
For all audiences and children from the age of six.
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