Marie Decraene is the most unconventional character amongst the artists we are working with. She is the creator and owner of “la Maison de la Plage”, an alternative store at Belleville. Marie, our little Queen of Belleville, is a friend of the squatters, taggers and members of independent street artists who express “differently”...
Marie’s work is based on generosity, on exchange, on communion with others. The concept of her work is the confrontations between modern technology and ancestral technique, hand and robot, human mind and artificial intelligence. That is what we adore in her work. She mixes digital designs mixed with a very texturized work, mixed with collages of various papers, painting as well as addition of gold leaves. Blend of influences, cross culture ... universal and accessible.
We met Marie one summer evening in front of her gallery at Belleville: A great love story started… |