{"node_view":"\u003Carticle class=\u0022node\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Ch1 class=\u0022node-title\u0022\u003EFrom five minutes to five minutes\u003C\/h1\u003E\n\n  \n          \u003Csection class=\u0022field field-name-field-description field-type-textauthor field-label-above\u0022\u003E\n    \t\u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-label\u0022\u003EDescription\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field-item even \u0022\u003E\u003Carticle class=\u0022filtred_html\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe construction of compositions created by models who choose their square among the 42 unnamed squares presented on a 6 x 6 sheet of graph paper.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI sit down in one of the chairs on the Promenade des Anglais; facing me, an empty chair. I have an artist\u2019s portfolio on which I have put a 450 x 320 sheet marked with forty-two 60 x 60 squares. At my feet, an bottle of Chinese ink and a penholder. I ask those passing by, \u201cDo you have five minutes to spare?\u201d In response, I may witness indifference, escape, ignorance, curiosity, and yet, often, I get their five minutes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe model sits on a chair facing me. I ask him or her to choose the square where he or she wants to be drawn. As the days pass, the compositions ordered by my models thus develop. These compositions are not completely random because each model is influenced by the place of previous portraits or by the white sheet. It is I who decides when I consider the composition to be finished.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E(This work is divided into two stages: the first, when it is the models who choose their squares, and the second, when it is I who chooses their place following protocol I establish for myself.)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe majority of people naturally pose facing forward and often look me in the eyes. In general, it\u2019s the first time they are posing. They accept that an unfamiliar eye is watching them and, for me, it is a naturaing calling into question of the academic and aesthetic portrait classically accepted; I am not a portrait artist.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe are used to being represented in groups of belonging, such as class or family, but we have rarely been represented in a group in which we ignore all of the other members. The average person on the Promenade is unlikely to have his portrait in an exhibition venue or museum. Artist or amateur artist, I do my best, and deep down inside them, my models have the common desire to take center stage, to go down in history, even if it\u2019s for no one.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s also a bit off balance thanks to me because the portrait does not always resemble the model; I do not have the solid training of a portrait artist. The use of a pen and Chinese ink does not allow for touch-ups. It can make the model seem younger or old, it can resemble the model closely or not at all. The passerby is sometimes surprised by the difference between his expectations and the image before his eyes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhat I like, on this Promenade, is the sociocultural intermixing of the place, where each person feels at home. Following the person who is facing me, I become an Artist or a portrait artist apprentice. The desire to exit anonymity is one of the drivers of my work and is also that of the models.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEach model is warned that this work will be exhibited. If they give me their address, they will receive an invitation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis work falls under the theme: \u201cIt is not my drawings that resemble us but indeed us that resemble my drawings.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EI did approximately 500 portraits and a great part of compositions were exhibited October 8-31, 2002 at the Br\u00eache. A great number of people present were there looking for their own portrait, more in fact than the number of people there for the exhibition itself. In this wink at the ego, the theme became \u201cIt is not my drawings that resemble you but me who resembles my drawings.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/article\u003E\u003Caddress rel=\u0022author\u0022\u003EHerv\u00e9 Courtain\u003C\/address\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \u003C\/section\u003E\n      \n      \u003Cfigure style=\u0022width:500px;height:415px;\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022image grid_small\u0022 path=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/grid_small\/public\/images-performance\/COUR2000_PASS_COUR_OBJE_01.jpg\u0022 src=\u0022http:\/\/dev.performance-art.fr\/\u0022 width=\u0022100\u0022 height=\u002283\u0022 alt=\u0022Le mat\u00e9riel du portraitiste\u0022 title=\u0022Herv\u00e9 Courtain | photographie de la performance \u0026quot;De cinq minutes en cinq minutes\u0026quot;, 2000 | Le mat\u00e9riel du portraitiste | photographie : \u00a9 Herv\u00e9 Courtain | courtesy de l\u0026#039;artiste\u0022 \/\u003E\u003Cimg class=\u0022image grid_medium\u0022 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