{"id":57971,"date":"2024-11-11T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T14:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/?p=57971"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:17:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:17:39","slug":"dhewadi-hadjab-la-dechirure-de-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/2024\/11\/11\/dhewadi-hadjab-la-dechirure-de-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhewadi Hadjab. La d\u00e9chirure de Paul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"is-style-lead has-sm-light-secondary-background-color has-background\">Saint-Eustache a accueilli le 24 septembre 2024 une \u0153uvre renouvelant l\u2019imaginaire de la conversion de saint Paul&nbsp;: un diptyque r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par un jeune et d\u00e9j\u00e0 grand artiste de la sc\u00e8ne fran\u00e7aise, Dhewadi Hadjab, connu pour sa ma\u00eetrise de la figuration, entre classicisme et modernit\u00e9. Une exp\u00e9rience visuelle qui nous interpelle. La chronique de Jean Deuz\u00e8mes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">L\u2019\u0153uvre monumentale command\u00e9e par Saint-Eustache, compos\u00e9e de deux tableaux, est accroch\u00e9e dans deux espaces rouverts \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la restauration de la fa\u00e7ade occidentale en 2023, ann\u00e9e du 800<sup>e<\/sup> anniversaire de la construction de l\u2019\u00e9glise&nbsp;: deux vestibules de pierre, des chefs d\u2019\u0153uvre de grande hauteur, dans les entr\u00e9es lat\u00e9rales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"980\" data-id=\"58001\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=720%2C980&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58001 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=752%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 752w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=768%2C1046&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=1128%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1128w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=640%2C871&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=450%2C613&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=588%2C800&amp;ssl=1 588w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=1360%2C1852&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=800%2C1089&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?resize=1320%2C1797&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-vestibule-_0050.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/980;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vestibule Saint-Eustache<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" data-id=\"57978\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=720%2C960&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57978 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=640%2C854&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=450%2C600&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=600%2C800&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5147.jpg?resize=800%2C1067&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/960;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"874\" data-id=\"57977\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=720%2C874&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57977 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=844%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 844w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=247%2C300&amp;ssl=1 247w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=768%2C931&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=10%2C12&amp;ssl=1 10w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=640%2C776&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=450%2C546&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=660%2C800&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1100-IMG_5140.jpg?resize=800%2C970&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; 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Ils ont la m\u00eame fonction&nbsp;: inscrire un message visuel au-dessus de la porte d\u00e9bouchant sur la grande nef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"57993\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1.jpg?resize=702%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57993 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=702%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 702w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1120&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1053%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1053w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1405%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1405w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=8%2C12&amp;ssl=1 8w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C933&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=450%2C656&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=549%2C800&amp;ssl=1 549w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2000%2C2916&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1360%2C1983&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=800%2C1166&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1320%2C1925&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-03-Flyer-Saul-1-scaled.jpg?w=1756&amp;ssl=1 1756w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 702px; 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Il s\u2019agit de l\u2019exp\u00e9rience v\u00e9cue sur le chemin de Damas par Saul le pers\u00e9cuteur du Christ, qui devient alors son ap\u00f4tre et prend le nom de Paul. On peut l\u2019appeler comme on veut&nbsp;: conversion, d\u00e9chirure, b\u00e9ance, r\u00e9v\u00e9lation, apocalypse&nbsp;; c\u2019est, de fait, son bapt\u00eame spirituel. L\u2019\u0153uvre a \u00e9t\u00e9 peinte en 2023 par un artiste non chr\u00e9tien&nbsp;; depuis la construction de l\u2019\u00e9glise d\u2019Assy, cette posture est devenue plus fr\u00e9quente. \u00ab&nbsp;<em>On s\u2019est adress\u00e9 aux plus grands des artistes ind\u00e9pendants [\u2026] parce que ceux-l\u00e0 \u00e9taient les plus illustres ou les plus avanc\u00e9s [\u2026] parce qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient les plus vivants.<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb (Marie Alain Couturier o.p. , 1950&nbsp;; lire Voir et Dire)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"presentation-de-l-oeuvre-par-yves-trocheris-cure\"><strong>Pr\u00e9sentation de l\u2019\u0153uvre par Yves Trocheris, cur\u00e9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>J\u2019ai demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Dhewadi Hadjab de peindre ce moment originel o\u00f9 Paul, anciennement Saul, est soumis \u00e0 une m\u00e9tamorphose, une conversion, l\u2019engageant dans cette immense mission d\u2019annoncer le Christ sauveur de l\u2019humanit\u00e9. Moment de conversion au hasard d\u2019un cheminement vers Damas, qui fait passer saint Paul de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9 au rel\u00e8vement. Pour composer ces deux toiles, Dhewadi s\u2019est impr\u00e9gn\u00e9 de la lecture des Actes des ap\u00f4tres, et s\u2019est arr\u00eat\u00e9 sur deux versets&nbsp;: l\u2019un o\u00f9 c\u2019est directement le Seigneur qui s\u2019adresse \u00e0 Saul&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Je tombai \u00e0 terre et j\u2019entendis une voix&nbsp;\u00bb (Actes 22,7a), l\u2019autre reprenant une parole d\u2019Ananie&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp; Me voici, Seigneur&nbsp;\u00bb (Actes 9,10) qui, de fait, lib\u00e8re Paul de la c\u00e9cit\u00e9, et l\u2019expose ainsi \u00e0 la pleine lumi\u00e8re de Dieu. Remarquons qu\u2019\u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re de cette parole d\u2019Ananie, le visage de celui qui est devenu Paul se r\u00e9v\u00e8le&nbsp;; remarquons \u00e9galement la partie sup\u00e9rieure de tableau qui s\u2019offre comme un jeu de lumi\u00e8re et d\u2019ombre, comme ce vaste espace de conversion gracieusement offert \u00e0 toute personne qui entre dans l\u2019\u00e9glise. Les deux tableaux de Dhewadi vont donc constituer une \u00e9tape dans le cheminement dans l\u2019\u00e9glise, depuis le haut de la nef jusqu\u2019au ch\u0153ur, lieu le plus sacr\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9glise o\u00f9, \u00e0 la suite de la mort et de la r\u00e9surrection du Christ, l\u2019incarnation dans la gloire divine est esp\u00e9r\u00e9e et crue pour tous les saints qui nous pr\u00e9c\u00e8dent dans la voie du Seigneur.Notons que le personnage de Paul est rev\u00eatu de la m\u00eame mani\u00e8re que la jeunesse d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui, montrant ainsi que l\u2019histoire de Paul peut \u00eatre celle de tous.<\/em><br><em>Le style de Dhewadi est figuratif&nbsp;: il y a l\u00e0 une petite r\u00e9volution. Dans les derni\u00e8res d\u00e9cennies et dans ses choix artistiques, l\u2019\u00c9glise a peu recouru \u00e0 la peinture, comme si celle-ci \u00e9tait devenue impraticable pour aujourd\u2019hui. Les toiles de Dhewadi rel\u00e8vent un d\u00e9fi&nbsp;: celui de la valeur d\u2019une image \u00e0 manifester les valeurs de l\u2019invisible.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Et dans le texte de pr\u00e9sentation, Michel Quesnel, pr\u00eatre de l\u2019Oratoire, a poursuivi ainsi&nbsp;:<br><em>\u00ab&nbsp;Les paroles que J\u00e9sus adresse \u00e0 Paul sont les m\u00eames dans les trois cas. Paul est appel\u00e9 par son nom h\u00e9breu, Saul&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;Saul, Saul, pourquoi me pers\u00e9cutes-tu&nbsp;?&nbsp;\u00bb (Actes 9,4 ; 22,7 ; 26,14). L\u2019Ap\u00f4tre est toujours \u00e0 terre&nbsp;; il est tomb\u00e9 de sa hauteur&nbsp;; ce n\u2019est qu\u2019\u00e0 partir du Moyen \u00c2ge, marqu\u00e9 par l\u2019id\u00e9al de chevalerie, qu\u2019on le repr\u00e9sentera tombant de cheval. L\u00e0, on ne voit qu\u2019une seule de ses mains, et le coude est pli\u00e9&nbsp;; le pers\u00e9cuteur est aveugl\u00e9 et vaincu. Le noir est intense.<\/em><br><em>Toute personne qui contemple ces deux tableaux de Dhewadi Hadjab peut s\u2019identifier \u00e0 Paul&nbsp;: la vie nous jette parfois \u00e0 terre&nbsp;; nous sommes saisis par la terreur lorsqu\u2019elle est dramatique. Mais du ciel noir peut jaillir la main divine qui nous invite tous \u00e0 nous tenir debout.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"le-contexte-de-la-production-d-un-chef-d-oeuvre\"><strong>Le contexte de la production d\u2019un chef d\u2019\u0153uvre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La premi\u00e8re commande de ce si\u00e8cle par l\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-Eustache trouve son origine dans la combinaison, en tr\u00e8s peu d\u2019ann\u00e9es, de quatre facteurs&nbsp;:<br><strong>1. <\/strong>Le peintre, n\u00e9 en Alg\u00e9rie en 1992, vivant et travaillant \u00e0 Paris, est un artiste r\u00e9compens\u00e9 par de nombreux prix internationaux d\u00e8s sa sortie des Beaux-Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"371\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=720%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58002 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?w=804&amp;ssl=1 804w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=768%2C395&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=18%2C9&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=640%2C330&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=450%2C232&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/St-et-DH-2021.jpg?resize=800%2C412&amp;ssl=1 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/371;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Laur\u00e9at en 2021 de Rubis M\u00e9c\u00e9nat,<a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/2021\/10\/28\/dhewadi-hadjab-a-saint-eustache-une-intrigante-beaute\/\"> il a expos\u00e9 \u00e0 Saint-Eustache deux \u0153uvres (Lire le pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent article) <\/a>qui ont imm\u00e9diatement attir\u00e9 l\u2019attention du grand galeriste fran\u00e7ais Kamel Mennour. L\u2019artiste passe d\u2019une peinture de l&rsquo;individu dans son intimit\u00e9 \u00e0 la repr\u00e9sentation religieuse\u00a0; il est d\u2019autant plus \u00e0 l&rsquo;aise que Saint-Eustache est un lieu de dialogue avec les artistes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> \u00c0 cette occasion, une amiti\u00e9 artistique s\u2019est d\u00e9velopp\u00e9e avec le cur\u00e9, Yves Trocheris, qui s\u2019appuie sur le coll\u00e8ge visuel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600-DH-IMG_5940.webp?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57996 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600-DH-IMG_5940.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600-DH-IMG_5940.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600-DH-IMG_5940.webp?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/600-DH-IMG_5940.webp?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/450;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Le style du peintre se nourrissait de la photographie, de la performance contemporaine, et du grand classicisme dont les multiples \u0153uvres de cette \u00e9glise t\u00e9moignent. Or, Saint-Eustache, lieu phare tant de la culture musicale que des arts vivants et visuels, veut associer l\u2019art \u00e0 sa pastorale locale tout en entendant contribuer au renouvellement de la place de l\u2019\u00c9glise dans le champ de la culture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La question de la figuration<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>, de sa th\u00e9orisation aujourd\u2019hui et de sa manifestation est centrale dans le discours oratorien.<br><br><strong>3.<\/strong> Durant la r\u00e9novation \u2013 permanente \u2013 r\u00e9alis\u00e9e par la Ville, l\u2019id\u00e9e a germ\u00e9 d\u2019introduire le visiteur \u00e0 la beaut\u00e9 du b\u00e2timent, un des grands monuments de Paris-Centre, par deux peintures monumentales, marquant la premi\u00e8re \u00e9tape dans un cheminement spirituel et \u00e9motionnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"265\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=720%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58004 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=1024%2C377&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=300%2C110&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=768%2C283&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=1536%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=18%2C7&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=640%2C236&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=450%2C166&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=1360%2C501&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=800%2C294&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?resize=1320%2C486&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?w=1565&amp;ssl=1 1565w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Perspectives-sur-StE.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/265;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Qui pouvait mieux que Dewhadi, appr\u00e9ci\u00e9 de tous, r\u00e9aliser une telle \u0153uvre et susciter le consensus \u00e0 une \u00e9poque o\u00f9 le contemporain est un terrain de clivage quasi politique dans l\u2019\u00c9glise d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. <\/strong>Quel sujet, quel programme&nbsp;? Saint Paul n\u2019\u00e9tait pas abord\u00e9 dans les \u0153uvres pr\u00e9sentes dans l\u2019\u00e9glise. L\u2019opportunit\u00e9 s\u2019est progressivement construite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/La-conversion-de-saint-Paul-p-Le-Caravage-235x300-1.jpg?resize=235%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58006 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/La-conversion-de-saint-Paul-p-Le-Caravage-235x300-1.jpg?w=235&amp;ssl=1 235w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/La-conversion-de-saint-Paul-p-Le-Caravage-235x300-1.jpg?resize=9%2C12&amp;ssl=1 9w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 235px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 235\/300;\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Mais comment renouveler la repr\u00e9sentation de la conversion de Saul sur le chemin de Damas, largement domin\u00e9e par le tableau du Caravage (lire Voir et Dire ) qui avait provoqu\u00e9 le scandale en son temps&nbsp;? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Un travail en commun avec des th\u00e9ologiens se d\u00e9ploya, autour de trois r\u00e9f\u00e9rences<a href=\"#_ftn2\" id=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a>, l\u2019artiste choisit et interpr\u00e9ta deux moments sp\u00e9cifiques&nbsp;: quand Saul tombe \u00e0 terre de toute sa hauteur, en effet il marchait \u00e0 pied, et quand il retrouve la vue. Le vrai sujet pour l\u2019artiste est celui de la chute, tr\u00e8s fr\u00e9quente dans l\u2019art de Dhewadi, puisqu\u2019il peint le d\u00e9s\u00e9quilibre, celui de la danse, avec des corps en bascule. Ici point de prie-Dieu ou de divan pour les supporter, mais des marches, comme celles de la salle des colonnes de l\u2019\u00e9glise. Ce diptyque est une d\u00e9chirure dans la vie de Saul. Et le fait que les deux tableaux \u00e9loign\u00e9s soient s\u00e9par\u00e9s par le vide sous la tribune d\u2019orgue amplifie ce qui se joue dans le programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"des-interpretations-a-profusion\"><strong>Des interpr\u00e9tations \u00e0 profusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>La force de cette \u0153uvre provoquant l\u2019\u00e9motion tient au fait qu\u2019elle ouvre sur de nombreuses interpr\u00e9tations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ghostkit-paragraph-columns-1 has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Le titre et le passage<\/strong><br>Initialement, l\u2019\u0153uvre avait un titre unificateur \u00ab&nbsp;<em>Saul, Saul, pourquoi me pers\u00e9cuter&nbsp;?<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb. Craignant le risque d\u2019un malentendu li\u00e9 \u00e0 la conjoncture, et \u00e0 la demande de la Ville, l\u2019\u00e9glise a choisi deux versets pour les tableaux&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;<em>Je tombai \u00e0 terre&nbsp;\u00bb <\/em>et<em> \u00ab&nbsp;j\u2019entendis une voix&nbsp;\u00bb (Actes 22,7a), \u00ab&nbsp;Me voici, Seigneur&nbsp;\u00bb (Actes 9,10)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=720%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57980 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=1067%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1067w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=1360%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?resize=1320%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5141.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/540;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dhewadi Hadjab, <em>Je tombai \u00e0 terre et j\u2019entendis une voix<\/em>, 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=720%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57979 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=450%2C338&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=1067%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1067w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=1360%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?resize=1320%2C990&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/540;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dhewadi Hadjab, <em>Me voici, Seigneur<\/em> , 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>C\u2019est le m\u00eame homme, cambr\u00e9. Et pourtant beaucoup de choses ont chang\u00e9, \u00e0 la fois dans les corps et dans les couleurs des tissus&nbsp;: t\u00eate \u00e0 gauche\/t\u00eate \u00e0 droite&nbsp;; surv\u00eatement violet sur drap\u00e9 rouge\/surv\u00eatement rouge sur drap\u00e9 violet. Saul, le grand, devient Paul, le minus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Un personnage atemporel<\/strong><br>Comme dans tous les tableaux classiques, le personnage est rev\u00eatu des habits de son temps, ici c\u2019est le code des jeunes, ceux des Halles si proches, le pantalon de sport avec des stries blanches. C\u2019est une mise en sc\u00e8ne comme le sont les pi\u00e8ces de la chor\u00e9graphe Pina Bausch o\u00f9 chaque personnage sobrement v\u00eatu joue sa partition individuelle, dans des jeux de noir et blanc. Mais l\u2019homme est arqu\u00e9 sur des marches d\u2019\u00e9glise avec un drap\u00e9 typique de la grande peinture du XVIIe. Les codes de l\u2019\u0153uvre religieuse sont l\u00e0. Si donc l\u2019\u0153uvre est contemporaine, son cadre ne l\u2019est pas, et cela d\u2019autant plus que la masse est sombre et efface toute allusion architecturale, l\u2019environnement est abstrait. Le personnage est atemporel, il peut repr\u00e9senter chaque visiteur avec ses bras, mains et pieds nus, chaque visiteur peut vivre ce type d\u2019exp\u00e9rience ou l\u2019a v\u00e9cu&nbsp;: celle de chuter puis de se relever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Le sombre et le clair<\/strong><br>La mise en sc\u00e8ne est techniquement tr\u00e8s savante et fondamentalement caravagesque. La lumi\u00e8re tombe sur l\u2019homme, elle n\u2019\u00e9claire que lui. Cette symbolique de la parole divine personnelle est magistrale, la parole int\u00e9rieure est traduite en lumi\u00e8re. Contrairement aux tableaux classiques o\u00f9 l\u2019artiste inclut des rayons provenant d\u2019un hors champ \u00e9clairant l\u2019environnement, ici la lumi\u00e8re ne laisse pas de trace, elle est myst\u00e9rieuse et saisit le corps. Celui-ci rayonne \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, mais de mani\u00e8re limit\u00e9e&nbsp;; toutefois l\u2019\u00e9clairage par spot vient troubler la sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 voulue par l\u2019artiste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"522\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=720%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57981 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=1024%2C742&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=768%2C556&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=640%2C464&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=450%2C326&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=1105%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1105w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=1360%2C985&amp;ssl=1 1360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=800%2C579&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?resize=1320%2C956&amp;ssl=1 1320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1400-IMG_5142.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/522;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> Le sombre occupe les deux tiers des toiles, et le rapport sombre\/clair a une puissance signifiante&nbsp;: le corps illumin\u00e9 ouvre un espace de conversion. Le corps du mod\u00e8le \u00e9pouse la forme des marches. Paul devient un seuil. Th\u00e9ologiquement, c\u2019est celui du christianisme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>La r\u00e9ponse et les gestes<\/strong><br>Les artistes accordent souvent une grande attention aux mains, car ce sont leurs outils de travail et elles ont un grand pouvoir d\u2019\u00e9loquence. Leurs positions respectives et les doigts expriment l\u2019\u00e9motion, le d\u00e9sir, la protection et bien d\u2019autres qu\u00eates ou r\u00e9actions humaines. Dhewadi va plus loin avec les bras, on est proche de l\u2019arr\u00eat sur image d\u2019un film muet expressionniste. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=498%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58007 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=498%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=146%2C300&amp;ssl=1 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=6%2C12&amp;ssl=1 6w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=450%2C926&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?resize=389%2C800&amp;ssl=1 389w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Dhewadi-Hadjab-Saul-et-Paul-les-visages-et-les-mains.jpg?w=549&amp;ssl=1 549w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 498px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 498\/1024;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dhewadi Hadjab, <em>Saul et Paul, les visages et les mains<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Dans le premier tableau, Saul se prot\u00e8ge le visage, dans le second, il accueille la parole, il la fait sienne, comme s\u2019il l\u2019enla\u00e7ait. Dans ses tableaux, l\u2019artiste ne montre jamais la face de ses mod\u00e8les, les visages ne sont jamais tourn\u00e9s vers le spectateur, il ne d\u00e9voile pas la psychologie de ses mod\u00e8les, c\u2019est la torsion du corps qui en est l\u2019expression myst\u00e9rieuse, comme on l\u2019avait vu lors de l\u2019exposition de 2022 \u00e0 Saint-Eustache. Ici s\u2019op\u00e8re un changement&nbsp;; dans le second tableau, on voit le visage, mais les yeux sont ferm\u00e9s. L\u2019exp\u00e9rience (la lumi\u00e8re) est int\u00e9rieure, comme dans les repr\u00e9sentations des surr\u00e9alistes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Dans une premi\u00e8re version, des chaussettes cachaient les pieds&nbsp;; dans la version d\u00e9finitive, leur nudit\u00e9 participe de la tension globale&nbsp;; ce sont des points d\u2019appui d\u2019un vivant sur le sol et non pas des pieds de gisant des peintures religieuses. L\u2019arc du corps exprime bien la dynamique du vivant.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"348\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pieds-IMG_5148.jpg?resize=519%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58008 size-full lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pieds-IMG_5148.jpg?w=519&amp;ssl=1 519w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pieds-IMG_5148.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pieds-IMG_5148.jpg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Pieds-IMG_5148.jpg?resize=450%2C302&amp;ssl=1 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 519px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 519\/348;\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019artiste n\u2019a pas peint un Paul qui se rel\u00e8ve, mais un Paul accueillant la gr\u00e2ce. Cette exp\u00e9rience est fondatrice&nbsp;: \u00ab&nbsp;<em>La d\u00e9chirure est humaine, elle est s\u00e9paration, chez Paul il s\u2019agit d\u2019avec la Loi. Elle produit le fait que je peux \u00eatre fils<\/em>&nbsp;\u00bb concluait le th\u00e9ologien \u00c9ric Morin lors du vernissage. Les deux tableaux ouvrent sur un universel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-sm-color-secondary-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/category\/art\/\">Lire les autres articles de la chronique \u00ab Interroger l\u2019art contemporain \u00bb<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> La figuration est un mode de production de l\u2019image qui sollicite l\u2019imaginaire, la production de sens, la libert\u00e9 d\u2019interpr\u00e9tation&nbsp;; la repr\u00e9sentation s\u2019appuie sur le r\u00e9flexe du regard, rel\u00e8ve du respect de codes mat\u00e9riels (par exemple la perspective) ou narratifs. Le tabou religieux de l\u2019image porte sur celui de la repr\u00e9sentation de Dieu, de sa cr\u00e9ation ou de son proph\u00e8te.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" id=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a>Actes des Ap\u00f4tres&nbsp;:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aelf.org\/bible\/Ac\/9\"> chapitres 9, 1-19<\/a> \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aelf.org\/bible\/Ac\/22\">22, 3-17 <\/a>\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aelf.org\/bible\/Ac\/26\"> 26, 12-18<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"cats\"><span class=\"cats__title\">Categories<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Art<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/category\/chroniques\/interroger-lart-contemporain\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Interroger l'art contemporain<\/a><\/div><div class=\"tags\"><div class=\"tags__title\">Tags<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/tag\/dhewadi-hadjab\/\" rel=\"tag\">Dhewadi Hadjab<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/tag\/paul\/\" rel=\"tag\">Paul<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/tag\/saint-eustache\/\" rel=\"tag\">Saint-Eustache<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/saintmerry-hors-les-murs.com\/en\/tag\/saul\/\" rel=\"tag\">Saul<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint-Eustache a accueilli le 24 septembre 2024 une \u0153uvre renouvelant l\u2019imaginaire de la conversion de saint Paul\u00a0: un diptyque r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par un jeune et d\u00e9j\u00e0 grand artiste de la sc\u00e8ne fran\u00e7aise, Dhewadi Hadjab, connu pour sa ma\u00eetrise de la figuration, entre classicisme et modernit\u00e9. Une exp\u00e9rience visuelle qui nous interpelle. 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