|
Jean Francois, The French "Artiste"
Presents
"Extreme Art!"
 What
is Extreme Art? French action painter and performer
Jean Francois
removes painting from the realm of studios and galleries and
transforms it into high-energy public entertainment. His performances
combine comedy and art in a unique show, choreographed to
music.
Jean Francois paints anything – portraits of
celebrities, landmarks, cityscapes, still lifes, reproductions
of old masters, planetary landscapes....... He creates these
on ten foot canvases in minutes using his hands, feet, body,
or anything else that happens to be available. Jean
Francois'
improvisations are legendary – the only things he avoids are
brushes. His theatrical presentations use painted optical
effects with mechanical illusions and special effects designed
for each performance.
 Jean Francois has performed in Las Vegas productions
at MGM Grand, Caesars Palace, Bally's and New York, New
York as well as corporate events and conventions for Sun
Micro Systems, Du Pont, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Verizon and
many more. He has also performed at private functions for
Prince Charles, the Grimaldi family, Pope John II, the Sultan
of Brunei and others.
Jean Francois has immortalized on canvas such
luminaries as Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Luciano Pavarotti,
Enzo Ferrari, Presidents Clinton and Bush, Bill Gates, Larry
Ellison and others. He has also given his artistic interpretation
to corporate images and logos for IBM, Sun Microsystems,
Coors, Moet et Chandon, Cartier and more.
 |
Jean Francois
with
Marc Nelson of the
Richard De La Font
Agency |
|
Born
in Namur Belgium, Jean Francois Detaille discovered his passion
for art at an early age. Painting was his father's hobby, and on
vacations with his parents in Spain and the South of France Jean
Francois would watch the local artists create on-the-spot portraits
for tourists. In 1975, after a chance meeting in Figueras, Spain
with the flamboyant artist Salvador Dali, Jean Francois realized
that the quiet life of the studio artist was not for him.
In 1976, he enrolled in the Academy of Beaux Art
in Belgium – best known as the school of painters Jan van Eyck,
Brueghel, Rubens, Magritte, James Ensor, Alechinsky and others – to develop his talent along more formal lines. Upon completion,
he enrolled in the Academy des Beaux Arts de Paris, birthplace of
numerous art movements and the school of impressionist painters
Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Jean Francois Millet, Paul Gauguin,
Henri Matisse, cubist Pablo Picasso, surrealist Salvador Dali, conceptual
artist Ben Wautier and performance artist Yves Klein.
Jean Francois' desire for adventure led him to travel
widely. In 1982, he packed his bags and art supplies and traveled
around the world on a sailboat, painting thousands of paintings
along the way. The Caribbean, Hawaii and Tahiti were his new themes
and his boat made a perfect studio.
"I always painted in front of an audience to
music. In school I was faster than everybody else," says Jean
Francois. Searching for a methodology that would harness his technical
skills and allow a rapid, spontaneous style of work, he created
Extreme Art in the early 1990's. Working with explosive energy,
without preliminary plans or sketches, Jean Francois uses forceful
strokes of vibrant color to fill large canvases in minutes. Working
at this rapid pace opens a more direct channel between the image
in his mind and the motions of his hands, giving the finished work
greater immediacy and power.
In 1997 Jean Francois was asked to perform in the
show "Madhattan" at the New York New York Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas. That engagement resulted in other invitations
from producers and event planners in several countries. In 2000,
Jean Francois was named the Spotlight Awards Entertainer of the
Year for the special/corporate event market.
What Others Say about Jean Francois --
- Extraordinary Events --
"Your work is of such high quality that it matches your enthusiasm
and flexibility."
- Pete Mikla, Show Biz Magazine --
"Jean Francois is the spray paint Picasso!"
- Kenneth Feld, Feld Entertainment --
"A work of art before your very eyes"
- Steve Kemble, Event Design --
"Jean Francois was able to sculpt and create the
exact vision my client and I had...."
Jean Francois may be available for your next special
event!
For booking information, click
HERE!
Rating:
DG
For ratings guide, click
here.
Born:
..in Belgium
..in Namur
Based:
..in Nevada
..in Las Vegas
Showcase video available. |
