CONTEMPORARY ART : The painter Jean-Jacques Pigeon (Work in progress)

[@Janettemay64]

Very kool, Damn I hope that house isn't a rental

[@grittykitty50]

yes, i wondered what type of floor he has that allows him to splash various liquids around like that. guess i'll have to add that feature to my studio wish list.

[@adamsapple7193]

It’s a professional artist studio.

[@alexafabulouso]

hehehehe

[@nizamzam4363]

L

[@katschmidt1540]

jokes on us, adds property value to the rental.

[@mihelicalain]

Le nombre de commentaires prouve que l experience est captivante. Merci pour cette video tournee comme un thriller a rebondissement ! C est vrai que nous sommes au passage gratifies de quelques 5 tableaux splendides, qu on aurait aime tous conserver. Bravo l artiste !

[@thalaagdal2457]

Quel courage de détruire un travail qui me paraissais splendidement fini.... Mais plus il avançait plus j'en admirait la nouvelle version. Comme quoi un tableau n'est jamais fini. Merci pour cette belle démonstration.

[@VeryMerryLou]

8 years after this video was uploaded I got to watch this... I am not an artist myself but I truly love painting. Having seen the whole video, I felt I have seen four seasons in 13 minutes and the cycle begins again. I don't know what the artist tried to convey here but, it seems to me that this is literally and figuratively, A Work In Progress.

[@林美麗-k9c]

每一個創作者的執著，透過歷程的詮釋，幻滅，再生，崩解，轉化，留下的作品，是個人與自然的對話，生命風格極緻之美，繼續創作的活水源頭，真，善，美。

[@susanbartlett5932]

Great show. People sometimes don’t realise the fight behind it. And some works may never have a happy ending......

[@ShinobitheCat]

Truly art is an expression and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. True artist doesn’t only make beautiful things, they also make people think and talk. 🙏🏼

[@gwenbardon6025]

Loved watching this. It isn’t finished and he knows that. Most paintings go from good to bad to good to bad and many stages before being great.

[@sylvianegiuga175]

Merci pr ce panorama gigantesque et émouvant toutes ces palettes de génie en couleur comme en sensations en apposés. Merci pr votre emouvance, votre mouvance, votre esprit, votre âme votre génie qui me bousculent et me ravissent à tour de rôle. À bientôt

[@christineclaes1]

I am a painter and I admit that artists don't always know when to stop. This should have been 4 different paintings!

[@vjhreeves]

I am an abstract artist too...the struggle is 100% real!

[@MelvinMartin-w1e]

He paints as a blind man in the dark. It oscillates from commercial to semi-fine art to oh hell.

[@eshulade6292]

I know that feeling! Excellent work. Bravo

[@nicktube5860]

A brave artist not afraid to change his mind, and making it up as he goes along. I guess you cant work everything out at the sketch stage with a master game plan for the large piece. Absolutley fascinating to watch.

[@suewalters3926]

His vision, his art. It’s process no one else should understand, all yours. Enjoyed the video. Thank you sir.

[@FMarko-qq4yd]

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. - Quote by Edgar Degas

[@hiddenmanna3683]

Y'all are right. He ruined it. When I "overwork" a painting..it's initial beauty is lost.

[@ronwillcox8735]

its easy to quote something profound someone else has said but difficult to come up with something original I hope he keeps his day job....flying about Paris, crapping on American tourists.....

[@lisalovelylpa]

Ron Willcox Easy also to say something negative lol

[@lisalovelylpa]

F. Marko Lot of truth in that quote. I like Degas.

[@misterlibra1675]

STRATEGIC THOUGHT well, at least he enjoys it and feels satisfied. 😁

[@DanielCrossan]

It is quite beautiful to see this process. To see his relaxed smile as he sits down to look at it. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

[@perlakopeloff]

The art is not just in the painting , the art is in the making the decision when to stop or when the painting does not need you any more.

[@florencehenry202]

Merci de nous faire connaître une partie de l'univers de Jean-Jacques PIGEON, peintre très talentueux. J'aime beaucoup la toile jusqu'à la minute 5'11 environ ensuite c'est le coup de pinceau de trop (ce n'est que mon avis). La subtilité de l'or qui se marie avec le rouge, rose, prune fait très textile. Je suis consciente que le travail du peintre est fait de tâtonnement.

[@mertmitm]

I love the technique he uses! Painting on the entire canvas and then completely painting over it. Many people think that it's a waste of time, but it really isn't since the first layer always shines a bit through and gives the layers above an exciting and almost transparent dynamic!

[@vjhreeves]

You are 100% right! I am an abstract artist and the pieces that I consider to be my best are the ones that have whole complete paintings underneath them.

[@creativecompanion]

I love seeing this process. I love Feeling the process of making something that no one else can fully experience the way I do. It is amusing that people may call it this or that, or like it or not like it, or perceive it as one thing or another. The process of art is as personal to me as my private thoughts. My very own. Untouchable by the outside world. This is what makes it my life fuel.

[@myoldmanbaby]

You get it :)

[@MarinnaS]

So true.

[@KayInMaine]

Every artist gets to a point in their painting when they get stuck, or they just don't like the direction the painting is going, or they just don't like the feel of it, and then they regroup and go into another direction. Thank you Jean-Jacques for reminding us all that artists are human too! The painting you ended up with is beautiful. :D

[@amyjo2330]

The struggle is real here. As an artist I've been here. I get this so much.

[@fatimatahir5553]

I'm spellbounded by how beautiful the process of this painting was from the start to the very end

[@asiamarie113]

I think this piece is a lot deeper and more meaningful than people are seeing. Watching the process reveals the incredible depth and it reminds me of the phases of life we all experience. There’s ugliness and there’s beauty, there’s darkness and light, there’s success and failure, there’s life and death. But ultimately, life is a gift and a beautiful thing. I love this painting.

[@terryreynoldson6698]

This is how the creative process unfolds: you try stuff and sometimes it works, but often it doesn’t. Having a camera in the room while you’re working is probably a bad idea because it will usually make you self-conscious, which is the last thing that you need when you’re trying to be intuitive.

[@sda141]

Such a beautiful work of art! 🌷🌷🌷

[@joanbonetti7423]

Amazing to watch his process. The courage it takes to paint over and over is inspiring.

[@MACTRUQUE]

It's refreshing to see an artist this invested in being being completely lost.

[@annemichaut1883]

Le travail de base , fond rouge et or avec feuilles était très beau et rappelait la peinture de Matisse pour partie , Pour ma part j'ai préféré cette étape

[@winsteinprovence429]

Moi aussi et de très loin, le final est décevant !!!

[@celsaflores7529]

I think it’s genius, the process is exemplary and the outcome became the painter’s vision.

[@sallylarson4599]

Most artists know when the moment comes to stop fucking with it. Not sure that happened here.

[@pamelahunt236]

I disagree, most artists DON'T know when to stop. WE have to make ourselves stop and move on-more work is waiting. We can piddle with a painting for years, as long as it is in front of us. Sometimes we go too far and go beyond the time to stop painting, we are waiting for that magic brushstroke to happen, not realizing we've already passed the magic brushstroke some time back. That doesn't mean it's a "bad" painting-just one that's been piddled with too much. But then, as artists, it's our prerogative to create as we are inclined. Some will like it, some will not! C'est la vie.

[@clintatk]

I agree more with Pamela Hunt. This is why the practice of having more than one piece in production simultaneously helps one to avoid obsessing and unplugs you for hopefully enough time to reassess with fresher eyes.

[@debomoskowitz7739]

OMG. I have his disease when it comes to overdoing shit! I don’t know when to stop! It’s a real sickness! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[@francoisbernstein581]

@@pamelahunt236 bull shit, it's a piece of shit that's all

[@beatricegreen1113]

@@pamelahunt236 CARRIED THIS ONE A LITTLE TO FAR. stop while ur ahead...

[@nancylamott8088]

Absolutely exquisite and an inspiration to me as I love leads, nature, and randomness. Incredible!!!

[@FTStratLP]

I wonder how many of you watched this video until the VERY end, i.e until AFTER the closing credits, because only then the final vesion was shown. BTW phnatastic piece of art and a great video. Thank you so much.

[@animystmmo8106]

all the upvotes are needed here. the final result is actually gorgeous compared the the draft we saw before the credits.

[@dolores2716]

Thank you! I had stopped it during the credits. Big difference, although I liked it before the very end, too. I am a little surprised by all the negativity in the comments here.

[@jonathansuit9908]

This is a beautiful portrait of a painter painting. It's really a testament to his knowledge and experience when he makes that jump from procedure to the unknown. For some painters this is what it's all about. I don't know what art is but I sense that it's something like this.

[@isabs8616]

I love this artist , the first step was so beautiful. an artist has his time life to learn the right moment to leave it alone

[@gailhunda8477]

This is some kind of story from the beginning.. its beautiful.. all the stages of the painting are simply stunning. I bet all those with negative comments can't do this After all, its about passion... you tell your own story and not how someone wants you to tell it

[@Mollyjean2014]

I think he’s brave to put himself out there knowing he would get criticized. He is happy with it, that’s all that matters.

[@mimipin2745]

Karyn Grinstead Yes . And That painting had just been done already .. but in this film he worked on showing an artistic idea and creative effort to the audience

[@c.retana-holguin8318]

When the painting was just red, I thought he had finished. Then he reworks it again, and then decides to bleach out the black and repaint again. Wow! Fantastic work Monsier Pigeon.

[@lisengel2498]

Wonderfull painting - i really liked all part of the process that changed radically from the red first part into the very Black and more mysterious vision of transparent darkness with glimpses of light - Thank you so much for sharing this fun and playfull and magic creative process - so joyfull to watch

[@josephtermeer5196]

Manet was accused of creating Olympia with a scrubbing brush. You took this to a whole new level! while im poking humor at this because of the broom, it inspiring to watch this painting develope. its difficult to me to create in this manner, i restrain myself from this kind of freedom. Too many fears from voices of past conversations. thank you for sharing!

[@pierrefourie5753]

Enjoyed the few days journey with the artist. His creative flair and energy is contagious.

[@drissfarid3267]

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[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

I knew it was not going to work when the black and white paint went on. The painting was quite sophisticated up until then - as an artist, I know the feeling, we have all been there trying to bring it back.

[@vjhreeves]

Yep. We all have those paintings we wish we had stopped sooner on. And we all have those paintings that we reworked months or years later and made 10x better. This is why I take lots of pics during the development.

[@dannylowe8932]

I love the physical space you work in, I would love to have such an environment in which to work. I like your act and way you went about working on your canvas I'm inspired.

[@KimberleeMelissa]

Yes, me too! Now I want to pull up my carpets and do that paper bag floor so I can have a place to actually create without worrying about the floor. That is so brilliant how he lives with his art... huge art! omg

[@alexandraxxo68]

This is the best art video ever. I have watched it so many times to cheer myself up ❤

[@MarinnaS]

Loved the outcome! The process was beautiful to watch.

[@Kiery112]

I can relate to this man's process. Thank you for showing us some vulnerability within your artistic process.

[@grittykitty50]

kiera evangelist - the most intelligent and sensitive comment in this thread.

[@lindaschwartz1272]

Beautiful, genius artist. I love it, and am inspired by him.

[@dsynow6242]

Très belle vidéo et super processus de création Merci pour ce partage !!

[@lauralunaazul]

He was happy at the end, love his face. Love the process.

[@BintonSukses]

👍👍❤i love seeing this process.nice

[@mariejacqhowe8539]

the comments are mean spirited and disrespectful. He's pleased and that is what matters most. I admire his work.

[@PaulDuplan]

Superbe. Merci pour le partage. Ceux à qui ça ne plaît pas : vous n'avez qu'à peindre ce qui vous plaît...

[@luminor0077]

Legend has it that this painting is still in progress.

[@nsr5961]

luminor007 people say there is no skill involved in abstract but I say to them quite the contrary it requires skills, talent and precision in many ways. Abstract convey feelings and thoughts and are like an open book about the artist.

[@AshishSingh-rb8kv]

lol

[@anonocomment]

@@nsr5961 I think this is why I stopped painting or producing any art, really. I wanted to hide myself once I realised I was showing my secrets to the world. I have had a tough life so please be kind in judging my feelings to hide. I have gotten as far as painting the gesso on a canvas this week. After 20 years of not working. I LOVED the work at 6 minutes in. I learned some technique in this video.

[@jmontgomery1178]

@@anonocomment Hahaha! Never give up the relentless baring of your soul!

[@Itraveltofart]

Lmao

[@morganrussell6335]

Best video/movie I've seen on the process of painting since Quince Tree of the Sun. Spot on!

[@abbyzain3232]

I respect his decisions as an artist to explore this journey, he has every right to express himself as Only he knows best for his art....tq for sharing ....

[@suehamill9147]

What a pleasure to watch this unfold. Exciting! Fun! Love the outcome.

[@wiam4025]

J’ai beaucoup aimé la dualité entre la technique et le beau, le vide et le plein, peinture décorative vs peinture expressive. À quelle moment doit-on s’arrêter? La question que se pose tout artiste qui créer. La peinture était belle au 10 jr. J’aurai été déçue si c’était le résultats final. Bravo !

[@owohgeorge2474]

An extraordinary artist.I'm simply inspired.Many thanks for sharing your immense talent.

[@javajules]

This was very enjoyable! Loved his creative process, his final masterpiece, and the music that carried us through the whole endeaver.

[@waltervanni2620]

Ottimi lavoro di ricerca ,telai stupendi e misure grandi che producono altri ambiti di ricerca pittorica artistica.

[@hatran83]

What's a beautiful video ! I don't say I love the final work because everyone has a different way to look at art . But anyone who paints would understand It takes a lot to create a painting and it's not always go smoothly during the progress.

[@deepakmohnani3409]

nnn

[@yuxiliu8594]

yes

[@ismailsadeghzadehmonfared9411]

@@yuxiliu8594 f R Fz

[@yvelineamphyon5301]

J’adore la première étape ,après j’ai eu un peu peur mais avec l’audace ,la patience et la réflexion ,j’aime beaucoup le résultat final et je m’y attendais un peu 😬😉👍

[@theartandmusiccup4768]

I actually find that the painting was exquisite when it was finished had my doubts at about 9:35 but after that I realized that as an artist he knows when to stop and when to keep going. You need to trust the artist. It's true he did do a really good painting at about 4:21 but it was very dull he gave it more life. Just my opinion.

[@vjhreeves]

As an abstract artist, I can tell you that VERY often we have no idea when to stop and all of us have pieces we wish we had saved by stopping sooner.

[@annicorley3634]

What I love about the painting is the various layers. At one point, there's a view of the side of the painting. I thought the visibility of the process was pretty cool.

[@DaniaW-t2n]

I think he nailed it. Someone once said “there’s Art and there isn’t “

[@mellowmoon8647]

Wonderful! Beautiful! Unique!Holic!☕🍂🍂🍂

[@Sl-0003-q7e]

ALL ART IS SUBJECTIVE, Haters. PERIOD. good work sir. That's some patience!

[@dianecharest8365]

All of that tedious, beautiful, work, in the beginning, with the red and gold. That mustve been hours and hours. Not to mention how hard it was flat on the floor. It was so beautiful .

[@SometimeAgo65]

He painted what he wanted to see..brilliant 💙

[@thomasfleurydessinateurgra9076]

Un travail très réfléchi et de belles couleurs

[@chari.lakshmi.iyengariyeng4074]

Nice to watch liked the way he smiled in the end when he really likes it.Artist should first like what he does. Good work comes in the end.

[@tonymckenzie3091]

so good to see this process....and I believe that this was still not the finished work !

[@engelhardtunaeb6591]

I think he should have stopped by the red, gold and black motif. or even when he did the black cloud of leaves on top!

[@youssefkoubias6135]

Engelhardt Unaeb zygomatiques,. o

[@cynthiabyers7589]

then by all means. go for it!

[@SenjuroAkechi]

That’s exactly what I thought. It was perfect at day 18. But I have had this problem as well, when an artist chases an ever changing vision of perfection. At a certain point it’s time to move on to the next canvas.

[@ronwillcox8735]

He should never have started

[@reuillarderic6148]

Merveilleux! À bientôt j’espère !

[@Dwarkle]

Everyone asserting he should have stopped at 5:00 has a good eye for hotel art.

[@bunnypong64]

Is that hotel with free breakfast? Lol

[@jjolifine]

😱 That just reminded me of the horrifying “art”, “decorations” (???) in the last non-luxury hotel room I stayed in. It was a room with 2 queen beds next to each other and over each was an identical framed lenticular view of a landscape which changed through all 4 seasons as one viewed it while walking by. Plastic lenticular postcards can be fun, but this just convinced me that I was either in a haunted hotel or a murder hotel. It didn’t help that I checked in at night and on my way to the elevator there was a very long hallway with no lights on whatsoever. If I had seen twins at any point during my stay, I would probably have packed up and slept in my car.

[@Dwarkle]

@Michael Jones The artist clearly doesn't think it's right either. I don't believe he stopped there. The video is about process, and where it went is sure a more interesting journey than if he'd stopped at that bland mass production buy-a-print-at-Sears stage.

[@punkisinthedetails1470]

Are you saying he is a not a real painter but a lobby hobbyist?

[@MURARI-xu8jj]

Why is a painting in a hotel lobby inferior? But seriously he should have stopped at good hotel art on day 10..

[@cieux5115]

Mais quel géni ! À force d'avoir délaissé la formation technique dans les écoles artistique on voit de plus en plus émerger des génies de la création. Ça c'est de l'art contemporain ; c'est du très haut niveau ! Chapeau bas l'artiste.

[@MARINVIEW]

That’s how I sweep my garage and I consider my self Artist 👩‍🎨

[@jjolifine]

There were 3-5 very interesting paintings here. If only he had been working on more canvases (in a bigger room)! I’m glad I got to see them all.

[@identification133]

I liked the gold leafs with red background it looked like abstract.

[@suzannedesylva3805]

This is the best art video in the whole world. I hope you will make another similar video.

[@AsiyaBajwa]

Lovely painting! Thank you for sharing the process. Your layering created lot of depth in end result. BTW the paintings on wall are stunning!

[@Tanya_Firn]

Jean-Jacques, мне очень понравилось, смотрела с интересом! C'est un très beau tableau! Tanya Firn

[@susyladeba]

I loved his whole process, i loved his final painting. Lots of freedom and creativity. Not necessarily a pretty understandable picture is art.

[@vnhcoltridge]

Amazing execution. The way it was directed and edited speaks dozens more than it would have with words!

[@renatohugoviloriagonzalez4881]

To paint with freedom is a Privilege don´t matter how much talent it have. The important is to play with the colors. Tomorrow I might to be dead. Pigeon good worker.

[@myoldmanbaby]

Exactly. :)

[@Christines_Place]

I can almost see the wheels turning in your head. Quite the process you have to create your art. A very unique style. 🎨💜

[@blueorange4]

Only the artist knows when the work is finished. It's not up to the artist to please others, only himself.

[@ES-lt8gw]

Keith L yea but... still ....

[@myoldmanbaby]

Amen Keith.

[@ayeshaiqbal6038]

Glad to see comments like this; so many people are just criticising his work.

[@08453300222]

Depends on the artist and any patrons. Did Michelangelo really want to paint a chapel? Tattoo artists have to please the clients also.. I dont paint or do other works in great part for my pleasure, but out of necessity to live a fulfilled life.

[@stygar100]

yes Keith.....well said

[@chichipotter4487]

We have the same affliction - although Monsieur Pigeon is blithely unaware. I never know when to put the brushes down. I have fucked up every painting I've started lately - costing me a fortune in paint and canvas - it absolutely does my head in. This is a perfect lesson in when to STOP!

[@stuartwalker121]

I love it - the guy really struggled - then he went and listened to the BBC - came back invigorated and sorted it right out - a masterpiece.

[@-fiona-583]

An excellent development. Loving it!

[@444ltr]

I love his art it looks like wallpaper at Home Depot...

[@Sofia-nz9lp]

Nice. I love the finished work!

[@toppcatt5113]

I was absolutly in love with it at the first stage. after that it was downhill all the way. oh well at least it was filmed.

[@cynthiabyers7589]

I was too but when he started to wash it... I began to understand! ...I think that It took a lot of courage to express himself at that moment and let the whole world see! And he did it in a creative way! It's just healthier than the alternative!

[@legendrebernard2549]

Passionnant merci à vous, au peintre :) :)

[@lisengel2498]

Great to watch painting processes that are open - the general theme looked as a fascination with recognizable patterns of leaves - opening into a playing of hiding and seeking, as dialogues of knowing - not quite knowing, but feeling, dreaming - - interesting to watch an artist that really seedede to honour the open process of dialogues into the not yet known

[@Tismesue]

The effect of the music starting from 07:24 is incredible and so evocative. It starts with the artist blowing the dust off the paper. Then for a brief moment I could imagine myself huddled somewhere, in a safe but vulnerable spot (an oxymoron maybe, but I'm thinking like a bird in a nest) while a storm raged around me. It just wasn't long enough... I don't think a short piece of music has ever had such a profound effect on me before. At least, not while sober...

[@luisalbertocarrilloruiz7847]

Happy to watch this

[@louisefrance9967]

Wow I really like it! and I really like the art on the walls, the abstract leaves, very cool!

[@thomasswedberg5303]

I agree with Sally............ He had a great painting and ended up with garbage because he just couldn't stop!

[@relicariocuriosocarlavivia6429]

Pigeon revela nessa obra, quatro momentos de sua emocao: Uma paixão pura e leve A decepção A solitude A beleza de um novo sentimento alegre. Também descrito por mim como as quatro estações. Um ponto de vista apenas. Parabéns pela superação, Pigeon Bravissimo!!

[@ayeshaiqbal6038]

Wow, the people who are throwing insults are just shallow, he's the artist, I am SURE he knows where to stop and end. Most of you don't actually understand the process of creating. Stop writing such negative comments and go do something with your life.

[@judyonzen]

Isnt it?!?! The social media is all about...is for...the good, the bad, and the social media...

[@gaylandbarney2231]

i distrust those who assert they're artists...just as i run from self proclaimed christians , for the same reason @@Quilchenajack