about the artist :
Silvia CALMEJANE

"True art is always where you least expect it. ". These few words by the artist Jean Dubuffet wonderfully qualify Silvia Calmejane's work. Spontaneous and instinctive, her artistic gesture echoes the "art brut" avant-gardes which inspired her drawing practice. Silvia Calmejane quickly freed herself from academic rigorism in order to choose automatic drawing. By abandoning the classical support of the canvas and by focusiong on wood, her art gets rid of the rules which dictate the exact reproduction of reality. On the plexiglass, her second support, she uses her left hand - freer - in order to write more spontaneously. This "mirror-writing", fixed to the wooden panel by visible bolts, is thus superimposed on the raw material. The roughness of her creative process is then completed by the artist's attention to very specific details. In her latest series, paper is invested as a new medium.

Silvia Calmejane's world is raw, powerful and vulnerable at the same time. Representing lush jungles or strange colored characters, her paintings constantly confront the viewer to his own gaze. In this face to face with the mysterious creatures of her universe, she favors - according to her own words - the "non-reproductive". Is escaping from figuration not the best way to represent the unspeakable forces of the human soul ?

Inspired by Basquiat, Raushenberg or Combas, the work of Silvia Calmejane is however deeply personal. In each of her compositions, the artist scatters with the brush traces of her history, travels and inspirations. The words in her paintings, mysterious incantations, recall in that sense the hippie slogans of the 1970s, an important period for the artist.

Feminity / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6472
Inner light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6468
Joyful Sovereignity / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6472
Inner Power / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6336
Cosmos Woman / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6389
Goddess of flowers / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
40 x 40 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
6,820 US$
6433
Illumination / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6357
Inner light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6259
Rainbow Bridge / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6502
Follow his lucky star / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6351
Sol Goddess of the sun / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6407
Welcome his light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
66 x 40 in (140 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
8,670 US$
6422
Abondance / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
6538
La femme soleil / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6099
Les pouvoirs de la pleine lune / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6091
Femme lune / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6178
Femme en harmonie / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6098
Renaissance / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6361
Déploie tes ailes / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6357
Solstice d'été / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame.
47 x 40 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6336
Magic love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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5927
Angel of light / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
40 x 40 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6567
Love inspiration / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 47 in (100 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
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6050
Slow life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic paint on paper. Wood frame
31 x 47 in (80 x 120 cm)
unique artwork
7,390 US$
6201
Happy Life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
5935
Blue Dreams / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
47 x 31.4 in (120 x 80 cm)
unique artwork
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5091
I love my life / Silvia CALMEJANE
Acrylic painting on wood and Plexiglas. Metal frame.
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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6107
Love Ocean / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
7,600 US$
5845
Green related / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
39 x 29.5 in (100 x 75 cm)
unique artwork
6,820 US$
5231
Feel Good / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
47 x 39 in (120 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5805
Amour / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed technique on paper, framed
51 x 39 in (130 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5370
Unidos / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5801
Love Constellation / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
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5744
In love / Silvia CALMEJANE
Mixed media, painted plexiglas bolted on metallic frame
39 x 39 in (100 x 100 cm)
unique artwork
Sold
5583