EMOTIONS

 

 

I needed to know. So I looked up at the sky and said to the Universe in 2023:
“If I make a sale in the year I show my work to the world, then that will mean I’m continuing down this path.”

A choice made with reason. A heart in harmony. Finding one’s path to feel happy and at peace. And perhaps, by extension, this will inspire others to strengthen their own well-being—to rediscover it, too.

In late 2023, I began obtaining registration certificates for my two slogans (French trademarks), my two brands (TheBroithers’s and Déjà-vuism), as well as my designs (registered in France and internationally as industrial property, protected designs and models, and, most importantly, dated). I presented my work in Paris in January 2024. So… in November, I made a sale. Even though I was going to sell to a lady, I wasn’t ready in January.

Sold in late 2024 near Basel, Switzerland, at a contemporary art fair that drew more than 40,000 visitors. And all of this without a website or social media presence: simply because connoisseurs—those who had fallen in love with the work—bought it to treat themselves and decorate their homes.
 

A visual artist who wrote a book through the power of her mind, with an open and peaceful heart. Crafted and composed in silence over the course of three years.

"I had chosen this solitude, and I chose to return, in truth, to earthly life, like a phoenix, but far more humble and at peace. A complete stranger, a hidden artist and author who decided, in late 2020, at the age of 30, that it was time to be 'myself' and to continue this quest on the path of Truth."
 

During my first international contemporary art fair in Paris in 2024, people looked at my work and said:

· “Different”

· “WoooooooO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But it’s different from what we see”

· “I’m drawn to this iconic work… I don’t know how to explain it”

· “You’re haute couture—you look like Vivienne Westwood… while others are just Ikea.” (A fellow artist, Marielle, whom I met at the fair, whispered this to me.) I like Ikea too, but I took that comment as a genuine compliment. As a teenager, I went through a goth, rock phase… which just goes to show, our aesthetic paths follow us, and when we dare to be true to ourselves from the start, others perceive it, they feel it. Without needing to say a word.)

· “But that’s a hug! That’s what I see!”

· “That’s great, I like it”

· “We need people like you”

· “You’re standing up for peace! We need that right now.”

· “That’s refreshing!”,

· “How much?”,

· “I see traces of Soulages, Banksy, and Basquiat,” “I see Joan Mitchell,” “It’s different—you have your own touch; it’s powerful and poetic. It’s different from what we usually see; there’s a real story here. You don’t just reproduce an image—it’s beautiful, and there’s a living message in it.”

· “That’s the slogan the Department of Education should have” (a physical education teacher, location? Beaujolais)

· “Like”

· “It’s sweet,”

· “You’re defending peace??????!!!!!!!!!!! We need it” (the same message again)

· “Several graffiti artists from France (kind of like distant older brothers) told me, and I quote: ‘I’m a [… expletive] if your peace character doesn’t take off! There’s something about it!!! It’s magnificent.’ ‘It’s different; I like it—it’s light and innocent.’”

· “Oh, it’s beautiful. I don’t know why it draws me in—it calms me, it’s elegant, it’s wild.” [Yeah. Tangy^^].

· “Finally, something different—it’s beautiful”

· Etc.

 

Yes. I try to make my paintings gateways to the marvelous—spacetime portals. It’s something you have to experience every day. I didn’t wait to study law or pass exams to defend peace; my intentions have roots, a solid, healthy, and authentic foundation. Human. A student of life. A seed of childhood that is solid and reliable… that is one of the few things I’m proud of. Just like the fact that I wrote a book.

Moved.

Life on earth is short, and regrets, I believe, last forever.

We are all part of this great puzzle… (continued from my vision in my book).

 

· “I’ll take this painting for my wife” (a woman who is both a lover of rare books and a professional in the field was lucky enough to have my first painting gifted to her by her husband). She fell in love with it… quite literally (the painting on the far right, my first sale before selling the larger ones, a light that found a home above a cozy fireplace)

 

· “This painting, this slogan, really makes me think”

· “You say you’re ‘reserved,’ but you have such a commanding presence—I’ve been watching you and saw the way you walk.” I doubt myself…sometimes, while keeping my thread of Ariadne securely tied to me. (Past conversation)

· “Your work has a touch of Basquiat, Banksy (it’s beautiful and engaging), Nicolas de Staël—there’s something extra there—Soulages, Gaston Chaissac; all three are Capricorns, just like you…” ^^

· “Like your peers Keith Haring and Banksy, there’s a socially conscious side to your work. Yet it’s gentle at times. Feminine and universal, childlike, innocent, and full of life. I’ve never seen that in a female artist before.”

· “I don’t know how to explain it, but your paintings calm me down!”
 

“…But also glittery, sparkling, surreal in the style of Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst… and, ultimately, Inès Arab. A woman who loved rock. […]. ”

 

Some children approached the artist to ask for an autograph (two or three times); this touched her deeply, even though she was just “Inès,” a young woman (…a quick thought for Margaret Keane), unknown, just happy to show her work—one of the few pieces she was proud of. She touched people’s hearts with her voice and her demeanor and sold her first pieces without social media, without a network of contacts, without a website, but with raw sincerity and a singular innocence… Which you may not yet be aware of.


 

Entrepreneurship. I’m a young entrepreneur, an outsider.
I built everything on my own, without help from Mom or Dad (though I drew strength and love from them), and I surprised even myself.“Unfortunately,” I don’t fit the oldstereotypes.            

I'm just me…

A Subtle Difference.



What you see here does not seek to fit into a box. On the contrary, art sets us free. Like a door, a story, a legend, a bridge—a reminder of peace and freedom. TheBroithers’s is an experience.

“I’m building my own space, and I’ve recommended it to my loved ones and others I’ve met along the way” (excerpt from the manuscript)


 

That’s what we sometimes want. That’s what we’re looking for: the freedom to be ourselves.

I know some people won’t understand, or at least not right away. That’s normal.
Art history is full of beginnings that were poorly received.
The Impressionists were mocked…
Abstraction, misunderstood. Kandinsky, contested.
Even the creator and human, Stan Lee, with his Spider-Man, had his idea rejected by his publishers:
“A teenage hero? Too strange. Too human. It’ll never work.”
Today, we know how it turned out. Those who defend good and justice are the true superheroes.

 

I’m not making a comparison. I’m simply pointing out that what unsettles us, what shakes us up, what doesn’t immediately put us at ease… is often what ends up leaving a lasting impression.

So, if what you see here unsettles you, surprises you, or confuses you:
you might be exactly where you need to be.

 

“ Diffdifference" ”
Cantheirbe their gazes’énotnotready ?

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