The Kid (artist)

THE KID (1991) is a contemporary artist who questions social determinism and the frontier between innocence and corruption in modern societies. Half Dutch and half Brazilian, The Kid lives and works both in Paris and Amsterdam where he has, respectively, his painting and sculpture studios.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

His art works include wall-size blue Bic ballpoint pen or charcoal drawings,^{[10][11][12][13][14][15]} and oil paintings,^[1][16][17] as well as hand-made hyper-realistic lifesize silicon sculptures and installations.^{[5][6][8][10][11][18]} In recent years, The Kid's works have been exhibited at the Louvre,^[19][20] the Institute Of Contemporary Art ^[8] and Le Grand Palais^{[16][17][21][22][23][24]} and during solo and group shows at ALB Anouk Le Bourdiec Gallery^[1][25][26] in Paris, France.

Inspiration

When asked ″although your characters are caught in a very shady moment, there is something beautiful and poetic in the way they are represented, tell us more about this duality″, The Kid answered ″I’ve always been attracted by this line in The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde: ″behind every exquisite thing lies something tragic″, I think this is pretty much what all of my works have in common. Despite their youth and beauty, all of my subjects are doomed to fail, like a flower is destined to fade. And I try to capture them in their defining moment, forever caught between innocence and corruption." And he added ″I want to question the audience about social determinism, the thin frontier between innocence and corruption, the equality of chances, or the fading line between right and wrong in our modern societies.″^[1]

Exhibitions (extracts)

• I Go Alone – Portrait Of A New Lost Generation.^{[9][16][17][22][27][28][29]} Solo Show. Art Paris 2016. March–April 2016. Paris. Le Grand Palais Museum.
• God Is Dead # 2.^[30][31] Drawing Now's 10th anniversary exhibition Our Time Is Now (Art Director Philippe Piguet, curators Drawing Now's current and past selection committee members). March–April 2016. Paris. Le Carreau Du Temple.
• Do You Believe In God ?^{[8][32][33][34][35]} The Contemporary Art Institute's Triennal Exhibition Of Their Times # 5 (curator Nathalie Ergino) in association with The International Collectors' Association ADIAF (Marcel Duchamp Art Price). March–May 2016. Villeurbanne, Lyon. The Contemporary Art Institute – IAC.
• Until The Quiet Comes.^{[24][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][43]} Solo Show. Art Paris 2015. March 2015. Paris. Le Grand Palais Museum.
• The Morning I Was Born Again.^{[21][22][23][23]} Art Paris 2014. March 2014. Paris. Le Grand Palais Museum.
• Endgame.^[1][9][26] Solo Show. March–May 2013. Paris. ALB AnoukLeBourdiec Gallery.
• Drawing Now (April 2013, Louvre Museum, Paris)^[19][20]
• Humanity Is Overated.^[44] Slick Art Fair. October 2012. Paris. Le Garage.
• God Is Dead.^[45] Roxy Rocky. Juin 2012. Paris. ALB AnoukLeBourdiec Gallery.

References

External links

• Official website