Labelle André (1934)

Acrylic on cardboard
Title: Martian vessel
Dated 03/92
Signed LABELLE
Dimensions of the work: 45 x 64 cm
Dimensions with frame: 49.5 x 69 cm

LABELLE André
Art Brut

"Born in 1934 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, André Labelle worked as a gardener for a very long time. Passionate about painting, he began to work from nature, but very quickly abandoned this path to give free rein to his imagination. He drew his inspiration from the sky, more precisely from everything that emanates from the planet Mars. Indeed, the beings, animals or objects are all qualified as "Martians" in inscriptions invariably affixed to his productions, attesting to their celestial origin. Using markers or acrylic, André Labelle paints on all types of supports: packaging boxes, pebbles, tiles, pallets, branches, etc. Its palette is reduced to four or five colors: blue, red, black, yellow ocher and a few touches of green. colorful scales circles s spirals and streaks proliferate and articulate, until they form these strange creatures with prominent eyes.", Musée de la création franke