Hervé Constant
London / UK
Hervé Constant
Waiting / Mask and Bergamask
acrylic and gouache on paper, 2014/2017
THE FALL
I choose the features we have in common, the experiences we have endured together, the failings we share – good form, the man of the moment, in fact, such as reigns in me and in others. With all that I construct a portrait which is the image of all and of no one. A mask, in short, rather like those carnival masks which are both lifelike and stylised so that they make people say; ‘Why, surely I’ve met him!’
When the portrait is finished, as it is this evening, I show it with great sorrow: ‘This, alas, is what I am!’ The prosecutor’s charge is finished. But at the same time the portrait I hold out to my contemporaries becomes a mirror.
Albert CAMUS
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Hervé Constant is a London-based French artist. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco. Hervé’s work is a mixture of different interests, social and cultural influences.
Recent projects involve video, photos and sounds and Artist's Books.
He has participated in several artists’ residencies in many parts of the world. Two of Hervé’s videos have been presented at Villa Borghese, Pietro Museum Roma in 2014.
In 2015 Herve was selected to participate to the Havana Biennale, the work was presented at the Faculty of Art History at the University of Havana. He has recently participated to a group exhibition at Art Gallery · Modern Art Museum Skopje Macedonia 2019.
His recent solo exhibition took place in Camberwell London at GX Gallery June 2018. In October 2020 Herve is having a solo exhibition at ZONE: Pelouse Interdite Milan Italy. He is part of 3 artists show taking place at the Russian Museum of Art’s Yerevan Armenia July 2020.
Mask and Bergamask (2017)