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Lot Essay
'La figure n'est pas intéressante dans mon cas. Tout en elle me gêne [...] Le projet de figure est un leurre avec quoi on attrape les petits poissons. S'il ne sous-entend pas un supplément de liberté, un supplément au programme (je n'offre pas ce supplément), il n'est qu'un genre, comme la peinture abstraite est elle aussi un genre. Je m'oppose à la figure pour des raisons de morale. Si je peins une rose, je ne pourrais jamais prétendre que c'est une rose, alors autant peindre autre chose qui n'était rien, qui n'existait pas.' (J. P. Pincemin, cité in M.-H. Grinfeder, 1965-1990 Les Années Supports Surfaces, Paris, 1991, p. 295).
'The figure is of no interest to me. Everything about it bothers me (...) The figure is nothing but a chimera, an illusion that catches the small fry. Even if it doesn't necessarily imply an excess of freedom, an extra to the programme (an extra that I voluntarily withhold), it is still only a style, like abstract painting is a style. I take issue with the figure on moral grounds. If I painted a rose, I could never claim that it was a rose, so why paint it at all? Why not paint something else, someting that doesn't exist?' (J.P. Pincemin, cited in M.-H. Grinfeder, 1965-1990 Les Années Supports Surfaces, Paris, 1991, p. 295).
'The figure is of no interest to me. Everything about it bothers me (...) The figure is nothing but a chimera, an illusion that catches the small fry. Even if it doesn't necessarily imply an excess of freedom, an extra to the programme (an extra that I voluntarily withhold), it is still only a style, like abstract painting is a style. I take issue with the figure on moral grounds. If I painted a rose, I could never claim that it was a rose, so why paint it at all? Why not paint something else, someting that doesn't exist?' (J.P. Pincemin, cited in M.-H. Grinfeder, 1965-1990 Les Années Supports Surfaces, Paris, 1991, p. 295).