![©Mireille Blanc, Aussière, 2016](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Aussière-2016.jpg)
“Any Answer would be different tomorrow”
Name
Mireille Blanc
Profession
Artist
Website
![©Mireille Blanc, copyright Photography Vincent Ferrane](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-copyright-Photography-Vincent-Ferrane-2.jpg)
Who are you? What do you do?
I am a painter, working with photography, drawing, and oil painting.
Where are you from?
I was born in Lorraine (East of France) and I live near Paris.
Your style in 3 words?
Thick, overexposed, enigmatic.
![©Mireille Blanc, Sweat, 2014](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Sweat-2014.jpg)
Your weakness? Your strength?
My fears / I am strong-minded 🙂
What makes you different?
As a painter, I will say ‘my eye’ (the way I am looking at things)
When did you decide to become an artist?
As far as I remember, I always drew. Around 10, I wanted to become a painter…
![©Mireille Blanc, Figurine, 2015](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Figurine-2015.jpg)
What do you find most fascinating about your work?
The very last brush strokes, and the surprise of a painting that appears. I like the fact that the work deals with the doubt – of presence – and the enigma of the image, and that fascinates me.
A few words about your favourite creation?
It is a painting entitled ‘Aussière’ (2016), which figures a weird inflatable monkey… Everything is indefinable, in a kind of indecision.
![©Mireille Blanc, L'étiquette, 2017](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Létiquette-2017.jpg)
Someone else’s work that inspired or inspires you…
Manet, Chardin, Morandi, Tuymans, Tillmans, Dumas, Sweenen,…
A new project coming up or an idea you want to work on?
I am currently working on a solo show (and an art book) in an Art Center in Normandy (2018), and I will take part in an exhibition in Berlin, in Erratum Projektraum, in October.
Finish the sentence „More important than my career is…“
To paint !
2017: Where are we going?
That is a good question 🙂 …
When the going gets tough…
Put things into perspective!
![©Mireille Blanc, Nappage, 2016](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Nappage-2016.jpg)
Your city’s favourite spots?
The Charvin shop, for oil painting (Paris 6), Deyrolle, an incredible curiosity cabinet (Paris 7), the Yvon Lambert bookshop (Paris 3), the Delacroix museum, a wonderful place (Paris 6), the Parc Caillebotte, near where I live (Yerres)…
Do you have a vision?
It is the whole Painting Thing, so I hope so.
![©Mireille Blanc, Nappage, 2016](http://www.horstundedeltraut.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/©Mireille-Blanc-Album-2014.jpg)
Tell us about your future plans…
In the very near future, I will have a solo show with Eric Mircher for la FIAC in Paris, and I am going to teach Painting at the School of fine arts in Strasbourg.
Last but not least: what is your favourite Song?
Chelsea Hotel (Leonard Cohen) ♥ La chanson de Prévert (Serge Gainsbourg)
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#answeredinstinctivelyonSeptember262017anyanswerwouldbedifferenttomorrow.
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