Hélène Delprat. The Souvenir of Lost Battles
Hélène Delprat (Amiens, 1957) mixes documentary and fiction in her work to generate personal narratives of self-deprecation in which she touches on universal themes drawing inspiration from various sources, ranging from classical or romantic literature to black or French cinema, or radio, and works on them using various techniques such as drawing, painting, photography or video.
Delprat uses the everyday to examine the multiple parts of life and death, with a special emphasis on the latter. Through her diaries, radio cartoons and fake interviews, she finds moments of humour in the midst of sadness and discovers traces of humanity in our increasingly digital world.
Hélène Delprat / El souvenir de les batalles perdudes / The Souvenir of Lost Battles
This publication presents the intervention of French artist Hélène Delprat (Amiens, 1957) in the galleries of the Picasso Museum. Delprat's work is deeply concerned with issues of identity and memory, expressed through painting, sculpture, installation, and photography. Within her work, she creates a highly personal and at the same time defiant imaginary world. There are also references to Picasso. Her piece Je n’aime pas beaucoup Guernica (2016–2019) is a statement of intent; we also see her with a flag that doubles as a spear of resistance, set against an image of the artist in a bathrobe. Hélène Delprat constructs rich and meaningful imaginary worlds that reflect her individuality and resonate within the collective sphere of the public realm.
