About Benedicte Gele
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Education
1995 - 1997
Lycée de Sèvres
1992 - 1995
Lycée de Sèvres
Awards
2014
Bouvet Ladubay Award
22e Salon International de Saumur – Saumur (France, 49)
2010
Three Awards including the First Prize Drawing
International Equine Art Competition – Art Horse (US)
2007
First painting Award
15e Salon International de Saumur - Saumur (France, 49)
2006
Prix de la ville de Moret
58e Salon de Moret - Moret-sur-Loing (France, 77)
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Biography
Bénédicte Gelé is drawn equally to the animal and to the act of drawing itself. The living form, with its curves and movement, reminds her of the nude studies of her school days. The body in its simplest form, as crude as the pencil stroke, the artist’s basic technique, grey or black, pure and powerful.
“I do not paint for the myth or legend of the animal, or for its strength, even though I respect all of that. Above all, I paint the physical, the sensual, a wave of primal emotion that the body provokes. I could have chosen a man or a woman, but horses have a cruder, more animal quality to their posture than human beings who tend to intellectualize too much. Horses have a powerful, captivating presence, with their natural solidity.
“I do not paint for the myth or legend of the animal, or for its strength, even though I respect all of that. Above all, I paint the physical, the sensual, a wave of primal emotion that the body provokes. I could have chosen a man or a woman, but horses have a cruder, more animal quality to their posture than human beings who tend to intellectualize too much. Horses have a powerful, captivating presence, with their natural solidity.
