“When you work for an audience you are dead! You have to be innovative one step a head of the audience”. -Loic Zimmerman

Film is the epitome of art. It is such a personal and combined art form. When you watch a film and are moved by it you are forever changed. Being able to receive that same experience from a painting is rare, but when it happens you never forget!

Loic Zimmermann’s work strikes this cinematic chord in the viewer.

His work is contemplative, dark and intense. The women he depicts always have an ethereal beauty that captures the imagination. His paintings are like dark songs. I hear the music playing in the background as soon as my eyes get a glimpse of his work.

Shahrnaz Nancy Southwick: What is your muse Loic?

LOIC: Music and Cinema are the front runners. I am very inspired by musicians, music, and film. I like to cross and mix references. Sometimes a piece is entirely done through the inspiration of a piece of music. At other times it reminds me of a feeling I got when I watched a film. One of my biggest influences is Jim Jarmusch.

I am very moved by composition. When I work I strive to convey the mood and essence and capture this in a piece of art.

I am finding my artists’ language. I now have my alphabet down. I feel like I have all of the letters and now I can start. “I am not necessarily interested in the answer. I am interested in my own problematic process.”

My next project is a series of portraits entitled, ‘I am your fan’.

They will be mostly of directors, singers, and musicians that I really respect and am inspired by or feel that I connect with on a higher level beyond the fan aspect.

SNS: Your work has a voyeuristic quality to it. How does it feel to have people view your work?

LOIC: During my last show I decided to go into the crowd incognito. Just walking around and watching people view my work. It was fascinating to see who connected to which pieces. I received a special joy out of having people view this work I made in the solitude of my atelier. When I work I don’t think about the audience. I am just going through my own experience and journey. I am always surprised that I can evoke inspiration in someone through my art.

“I am not necessarily interested in the answer. I am interested in my own problematic process”.

I want my work to be like a conversation. The more open I am and the more I allow the viewer to be engaged in a dialogue with the piece, the longer they will linger in front of my work and walk away with a new perspective.

SNS:

His work gives us a glimpse into this brilliant yet mysteriously dark perspective.

Visit his website: www.e338.com