Frédéric Lefrançois

Université Des Antilles
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    Décoloniser l'imaginaire esthétique : vers une écriture de nouveaux paradigmes caribéens
    with Catherine Kirchner-Blanchard
    Minorit'art. Revue de Recherches Décoloniales 2 (1): 22-33. 2018.
    In this article, Catherine Kirchner-Blanchard et Frédéric Lefrançois question the decolonial stance of Caribbean artists who pursue artistic freedom and agency without relating or comparing their work to the great models of Western art history.
  • Invoquer la question des traditions au sein de l’immense aire géoculturelle des Amériques nous place d’emblée à l’entrelacement de l’ontique et de l’esthétique, dans lequel se déploie toutes les strates mémorielles de l’art pan-caribéen. Dans sa fonction inclusive, cette archive recense et fédère toute la pluriversalité de l’expérience collective et individuelle de la Diaspora. Ce grand carrefour des peuples métis nés du heurt physique, psychique et ontique de la colonisation ont toujours cherch…Read more
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    Restaging Coloniality in the Americas
    Minorit'art 2 89-101. 2018.
    This paper zooms in on the notion of coloniality with a view to understanding how it is rehearsed in trans-colonial contexts. From the earliest stages of coloniality - the elision mode of encounter (or 'discovery' of the Americas) to its latest developments in global art performance.
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    This paper aims to highlight the articulation of skin memory with trans-Caribbean aesthetics by exploring the diasporic works of female diasporic artists born in the West Indies who emigrated to the United States. We intend to show how these contemporary female artists rewrite the codification and reception of the skin-related memory by connecting their artwork to a genealogy of traumas and healing practices that call for the empowerment of the Caribbean skin ego.
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    Project Milestone of the International Cycle of Interdisciplinary Conferences.
  • La trinité des esthétiques hybrides
    In Trinité de Stan Musquer : lectures croisées d'une oeuvre caribéenne, Presses Universitaires Des Antilles. pp. 61-74. 2021.
    The article addresses the issue of cross-cultural aesthetics in a Caribbean context by proposing a theoretical framework for hybridity. The work of Stan Musquer's work is analyzed in a comparative fashion to outline the meta-critical dimension of trans-Caribbean art.
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    L'artivisme d'Anish Kapoor : une poietique du détournement ?
    Recherches En Esthétique 24 (Art et détournement): 173-188. 2019.
    Can provocative sculptural aesthetics alter our perception of history? This article focuses on the sensational effect caused by the 2015 exhibition of Anish Kapoor's monumental Dirty Corner in Versailles. Does the reception of such contextual art rely on the ability to collate different aesthetic experiences on the artwork's surface? The Indo-British sculptor's divisive use of ethics has opposed the supporters of a vision of art based on the quest for the sublime to those who opt for an artistic…Read more
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    Strange Fruit is an exemplary study of the question of the integration of West Indians of immigrant origin living in England in the 1980s. Through this play structured in three acts, Caryl Phillips offers the reader-viewer privileged access to the inner world of a West Indian family living in a deprived London neighborhood. At the heart of this intimate drama with tragic overtones, there is a cultural conflict between two successive generations of immigrants. Philosophical and existential issues…Read more