{"id":5402,"date":"2021-09-30T16:43:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/?post_type=artists&p=5402"},"modified":"2022-04-01T08:58:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T08:58:40","slug":"alain-poncon","status":"publish","type":"artists","link":"http:\/\/www.jimon.com\/artists\/alain-poncon\/","title":{"rendered":"Alain Poncon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Interview by Jimon<\/p>\n

1-Where did you grow up, and where do you live currently?\u00a0 <\/strong>I was born in Moigny. It is a rural village south of Paris. Today, I live and work in Saint Maur sur le Loir, in a house that my family has owned for several generations. It is a charming hamlet on the banks of the Loir. It is located 130 km from Paris.<\/p>\n

2-How would you describe Alain Pon\u00e7on?\u00a0 <\/strong>I had a complicated childhood where confidence in myself was not encouraged. I escaped by dreaming a lot. I developed a great sensitivity. I love nature very much, and I suffer from seeing its destruction. I find it difficult to accept institutions and power. Today, as I grow older, I simplify things by concentrating on my work as a painter.\u00a0 Doubt is always present, but I am aware of how lucky I am to be inhabited by this mysterious passion for art.<\/p>\n

3-Did you have any official training for art?\u00a0 <\/strong>At the age of 12, my parents enrolled me in a municipal art school run by the painter Serge Vincent, who also worked as a cartonnier for the Aubusson tapestries. For three years, in Paris, I studied perspective. I have nothing left of it! Between the ages of 17 and 20, I met two artists with whom I worked for a while. One, Chomo, was a fantastic and unclassifiable artist who had broken with the official art system, and the other a marginal priest and easel painter. The latter left no trace.\u00a0 They were diametrically opposed artists who opened up different horizons for me.