
‘My Makeup is Wrong,’ the latest exhibition by talented artist Fabienne Francotte, offers a deeply personal exploration of grief, providing an intimate glimpse into her psyche as she navigates the complex themes of loss, trauma, and acceptance. Through the meticulous application of ink, Francotte’s brushwork reveals a fascinating interplay between restraint and release, reflecting her background in calligraphy and ballet. These influences manifest in her precise movements, allowing her to engage in a profound dialogue with her materials. This relationship between artist and medium is critical to her process, as she contemplates the societal discourse surrounding invisible wounds and hidden traumas that shape our lives. The exhibition features the eponymous series ‘My Makeup is Wrong’, which presents ethereal portraits—ghostly, half-formed expressions that evoke a haunting ambiguity. Through shades of blue and soft white, Francotte skillfully embodies the scars left by absence, delineating emotional wounds across her figures with bold lines of red and black. With closed eyes and tense expressions, these portrayals reflect the deep, lingering sentiments associated with loss. In her series ‘Roots’, Francotte explores the fragility of existence through black, thread-like streaks that flow vertically down the canvas. These roots appear detached from their source, symbolizing the ongoing struggle for grounding as we navigate life’s challenges. Beyond ink and paint, Fabienne Francotte expands her artistry to include fabric, metal, and clay, engaging with the aftermath of trauma, abuse, and migratory displacement. Drawing from her observations and personal experiences, she transcends cultural and socioeconomic boundaries, offering a perspective that reflects the complexities and shared humanity encountered across diverse divides. Since moving to Sri Lanka in 2016, Francotte has been keenly aware of various social issues impacting the island. Her artistic journey is interwoven with personal narratives, as she has spent years documenting her experiences in diaries. This written language has organically transformed into a visual dialogue, allowing her to channel the intense emotions that underpin her work. Fabienne Francotte’s artistic credentials are impressive. She studied calligraphy at Maison du Livre in Brussels in 2000 and has participated in the KIAR Art Residency in Kathmandu, Nepal, in 2022. Her work has been showcased in numerous solo and group exhibitions across Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, and South Asia. The exhibition ‘My Makeup is Wrong’ at Saskia Fernando Gallery concludes on December 17. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the powerful narratives and striking visuals that Fabienne Francotte has to offer in this compelling exhibition.
BERLIN (AP) — Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk caused uproar after backing Germany’s far-right party in a major newspaper ahead of key parliamentary elections in the Western European country, leading to the resignation of the paper’s opinion editor in protest. Germany is to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s stagnant economy. Musk's guest opinion piece for Welt am Sonntag —a sister publication of POLITICO owned by the Axel Springer Group — published in German over the weekend, was the second time this month he supported the Alternative for Germany, or AfD. “The Alternative for Germany (AfD) is the last spark of hope for this country," Musk wrote in his translated commentary. He went on to say the far-right party “can lead the country into a future where economic prosperity, cultural integrity and technological innovation are not just wishes, but reality.” The Tesla Motors CEO also wrote that his investment in Germany gave him the right to comment on the country's condition. The AfD is polling strongly, but its candidate for the top job, Alice Weidel , has no realistic chance of becoming chancellor because other parties refuse to work with the far-right party. An ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, the technology billionaire challenged in his opinion piece the party's public image. “The portrayal of the AfD as right-wing extremist is clearly false, considering that Alice Weidel, the party’s leader, has a same-sex partner from Sri Lanka! Does that sound like Hitler to you? Please!” Musk’s commentary has led to a debate in German media over the boundaries of free speech, with the paper's own opinion editor announcing her resignation, pointedly on Musk's social media platform, X. “I always enjoyed leading the opinion section of WELT and WAMS. Today an article by Elon Musk appeared in Welt am Sonntag. I handed in my resignation yesterday after it went to print," Eva Marie Kogel wrote. A critical article by the future editor-in-chief of the Welt group, Jan Philipp Burgard, accompanied Musk’s opinion piece. “Musk’s diagnosis is correct, but his therapeutic approach, that only the AfD can save Germany, is fatally wrong,” Burgard wrote. Responding to a request for comment from the German Press Agency, dpa, the current editor-in-chief of the Welt group, Ulf Poschardt, and Burgard — who is due to take over on Jan. 1 — said in a joint statement that the discussion over Musk's piece was "very insightful. Democracy and journalism thrive on freedom of expression.” “This will continue to determine the compass of the “world” in the future. We will develop “Die Welt” even more decisively as a forum for such debates,” they wrote to dpa.
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