Liberté la Femme
Artist Bio
“There is truth, honesty and beauty in the imperfect.” – Liberté la Femme
Raw, unchoreographed, and uneditted. Improvised and immediate. These are words that describe the creative process and products of artist, Liberté la Femme. So much art today celebrates the popularity of high-realism and ultra-detailed, painstakingly executed art. Liberté explores the opposite through her creative process.
A multi-disciplinary artist creating works of painting, drawing, film and performance art, she studies concepts of ‘the emotional self’ through her creative explorations. Drawing upon the foundational theories of surrealism – automatism, hypnosis or trance, and the unconscious mind – Liberté’s works are immediate, fluid and dreamlike. But do not be fooled, they are not light-hearted dreams, instead often dark and raw exploring concepts from self-destruction, anxiety, and heartbreak through to the exposures of self-acceptance. Her imagery is laced with symbolism; every element being carefully considered prior to execution – colours, spaces, props, and lighting, all playing a significant role is communication and connection with the audience. The self-imposed rules that bound her practice – time limits, restricted technology or colour pallets, and lack of over-working a piece – brings into the work, particularly her paintings, a sense of unfiltered honesty and vulnerability.
“I want my works to create themselves. I strive to connect with the creative process itself, to embed myself within the artworks. I want to understand myself – through my art. To discover who I am, how I love, why I act the way I do. Through my practice, I want to transcend beyond being just an artist. I wish to become, as I create, a unity of The Artist, The Artwork, and The Artistic Process. That is my Holy Trinity. Through letting go, I become a conduit of creative energy. The film creates itself; the paint runs where it wills. Freedom.” – LLF.
In her exhibition “The Artist”, Liberté explores the emotions of lockdown and her experiences in isolation. A period of forced self-reflection, her time spent has resulted in a film series, photographic collages, and paintings that document the somewhat destructive reconnection of the conscious personality with the unconscious, creative self.
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