Interview de Rery par l’équipe de Tumblr
J’ai l’honneur aujourd’hui de vous présenter Yiching Lin, mieux connue sous le nom de Rery. Elle est illustratrice et auteure du blog Rery, dans lequel elle partage ses magnifiques illustrations. Son travail témoigne d’une fascination pour la confrontation des différences culturelles.
Tumblr – Peux-tu te présenter rapidement à nos lecteurs ?
Rery – Née à Taipei, Taïwan, j’ai grandi à Montréal. Je vis à Paris depuis près de 10 ans. Après avoir fait des études en littérature française et à l’école de commerce, j’ai été, pendant sept ans, responsable marketing et communication pour de grandes marques de beauté françaises. Rattrapée par mon amour de la création, j’ai décidé de suivre une formation en graphisme, et voilà maintenant quatre ans que je travaille en tant que pigiste. J’ai également co-créé, il y a deux ans, le projet Artchipel, un espace communautaire d’artistes.
T – Quel a été le déclic pour créer ce blog et pourquoi avoir choisi Tumblr ?
R – Initialement, j’ai créé deux blogs dans le but de partager ma vie intérieure avec ma sœur jumelle qui vit en Taïwan. Mon premier blog est Rery, dans lequel je présente mes illustrations. Il s’agit d’une sorte de journal intime illustratif. Quant à mon deuxième blog, Rery likes, j’y partage les créations que j’aime, qu’elles soient visuelles, musicales ou textuelles. J’ai tout de suite été séduite par la plateforme Tumblr, surtout parce je pouvais y créer un thème personnalisé me permettant d’affirmer ma personnalité. Rapidement, j’ai découvert que Tumblr était une source artistique très riche, et ce, grâce à sa communauté artistique très active. Tout naturellement, c’est devenu un espace qui me permet de garder l’œil ouvert et de nourrir mes émotions, qui elles, stimulent ma création.
T – Où puises-tu ton inspiration ?
R – Mis à part mes deux années d’études en histoire de l’art et mon année de formation en graphisme, je n’ai pas de formation en art à proprement parler. Ma pratique artistique est très spontanée. La plupart de mes illustrations correspondent à un besoin d’expression et illustrent souvent une émotion ou un état d’esprit.
T – Quels sont tes trois blogs Tumblr préférés et pourquoi ?
R – Il y a tant de blogs remarquables sur Tumblr, en nommer trois m’est quasi impossible ! Je partage régulièrement sur le Tumblr Artchipel les blogs que j’aime, notamment les blogs d’art et les blogs d’artistes sur Tumblr. S’il faut en choisir trois, j’en profiterai pour remercier Jules Julien, un talentueux artiste et ami qui m’a fait découvrir Tumblr – il fait des illustrations sublimes, Davidope, un de mes artistes préférés devenu ami – il crée des GIFs vertigineux et Dark Silence In Suburbia, une de mes plus belles rencontres sur Tumblr – elle soutient les jeunes artistes et administre un des plus beaux blogs d’art sur Tumblr.
T – Merci beaucoup d’avoir pris le temps de répondre à mes questions et bonne chance pour la suite, Rery !
Merci Audrey de l’équipe Tumblr pour l’interview et tous les blogueurs Tumblr pour la lecture :)
Nudity in art
Illustration The line between by Rery (on Tumblr)
Thanks all for your opinion on nudity in art. Where to draw the line between art and pornography? Please find here blogger’s responses:
lllluna: Nudity is traditionally a part of art. And the line between art and pornography is entirely drawn by the viewer.
noonename: The body is a medium in art, and a purpose in pornography.
2headedsnake: Art is when you get excitied emotionally, intellectually or spiritually. Pornography is when you get excitied physically.
autumnvillanelle: Nudity in art shows the human body in a natural state while porn feeds false images to the mind.
snikthwip: Kenneth Clark wrote about differentiating between nakedness and nudity in art : To be naked is to be deprived of our clothes, and the word implies some of the embarrassment most of us feel in that condition. The word “nude”, on the other hand, carried in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone.
Context, concept, intent, purpose, statement and execution seem to be keys. We invite you to enjoy some art quotes and nude art by artists featured on ARTchipel:
Sally Mann | Ryan McGinley | Misha Gordin | Matthew Scherfenberg | Gonzalo Bénard (on Tumblr) | Langdon Graves | Billy Kidd (on Tumblr) | Pascal Vilcollet | SIT | Emma Uber (on Tumblr) | Will Cotton | Claudia Rogge | NO NAME (on Tumblr) | Eric Marrian | Matthew Stone | Roberto Ferri | Jenny Morgan (on Tumblr) | Spencer Tunick | Allan Teger | Antonio Lee (on Tumblr)
Mother’s day on ARTchipel - Rery | on Tumblr
D’espoir et de tendresse. Limited edition of 25 available here >
D’espoir et de tendresse II. Limited edition of 25 available here >
Enveloppé sous un tapis de fleurs et de tendresse, la joue de son enfant, la mère caresse
Un sourire de mère fait naître des avalanches de fleurs de tendresse
petits poèmes d’amour illustrés download >
+ ARTchipel collection Special Mother’s day | selection MyLittleParis
Contribution for the collective artwork of 1st Tumblr ART Meetup tonight in Paris organized by ARTchipel
ARTchipel Paris ART Meetup [5 beautiful Tumblr stories] - Tumblr Artist
Rery & ReryLikes [illustrator & art blogger] - on Tumblr since Feb 2010
“Illustrator, blogger, e-gallery creator, Tumblr keep my eyes open and feed my emotions that allow me to create.”
• Why have you chosen Tumblr?
Frankly I didn’t know much about social networking when I started blogging 2 years ago. The first thing that attracted me to Tumblr is the possibility to have a blog with the layout that I like and that expresses my personality. Tumblr offers hundreds of templates, I soon found the one that I like and customized it easily with basic knowledge of html.
• What do you share on your Tumblr and why?
I have two blogs. The first is Rery where I share my illustrations, it’s sort of an illustration diary. And I share on Rerylikes things I like, mainly artworks, sometimes music and readings. Initially my intention was to share my inner world with my twin sister who lives in Taiwan. But I discovered very soon that Tumblr is an amazing source of inspiration, thanks to its very active art community.
• Have you made beautiful encounters on Tumblr? What Tumblr have brought you?
I’ve always been reticent about virtual encounters. But thanks to Tumblr, encounters become artistic, and I have had some collaborations with other artists and have met some really great art lovers.
I discovered with Tumblr two trends: more and more emerging artists active on the net, and many art lovers who make their artistic discoveries via blogs. Thanks to my experience on Tumblr, we had with Armelle and Nathie the idea to create the community e-gallery ARTchipel.com.
[more Rery | Rery on ARTchipel.com]
Bonne année et à bientôt !
Rery | on Tumblr - Il y a des jours comme ça. Limited digital drawing, Fine Art print on Hahnmühle paper, 30x40 cm (2010)
Rery | on Tumblr - Silent bus. Limited digital drawing, Fine Art print on Hahnmühle paper, 30x40 cm (2010)
Rery | on Tumblr - Etonnants voyageurs. Limited digital drawing, Fine Art print on Hahnmühle paper, 30x40 cm (2010)
![ARTchipel Artist - Tumblr Artist
Rery | on Tumblr (Taiwan/France) - Sublime banalité. Limited digital drawing, Fine Art print on Hahnmühle paper, 30x40 cm (2011)
available here >
• Tell us in few words about you. Born in Taipei, grew up in Montreal, I live and work in Paris for over eight years. I think my multicultural experience is the biggest influence on my personality, my life and my work. I also believe that, having traveled a lot has made me a person who needs to be surprised continually.
• What motivated you to become an artist? I have always loved drawing since child: on a sketch book, a tissue in the restaurant. But I have hard time to consider myself artist but illustrator who illustrate a person, an emotion or a state of mind…
• What are your work process and techniques?I use my tablet to make illustrations in Illustrator but have always a little sketches book with me to draw down the unexpected ideas. I like the nearly perfect control and the multiple possibilities of the digital art, as much as the spontaneity and the freedom of the hand drawing.
• Tell us a bit about your work habits. Often late at night when I’m less stressed by the outside world, with some music and a cigarette.
• What inspires and provokes imagination in you? I make Hans Hartung’s words mine: “Everything we feel deeply must be expressed.” I’ve always felt the need to express my inner world through the images. My artistic influence is multiple: from the manga I read during my childhood to the contemporary art such as Soulages, Serra, Anish Kapoor, Kiefer, Cy Twombly, Rothko, Jong-sang Lee, Gao Xingjian, Il Lee, Yayoi Kusama, Toshio Shibata, Ryoji Ikeda, etc. Everything can be a source of inspiration to me: the clichés of our society, emotions of daily life, people I love or I meet on the street, my daydreams…
• Does your work reflect your person?Very probably
• The adjective that best describes you? Ambivalent
• The word you prefer? Absurdity
Rery is also the co-founder of ARTchipel.com and co-curate ARTchipel.tumblr. You can visit her rery.tumblr for her illustrations and rerylikes.tumblr for some inspirations.
(interview with artist by ARTchipel Dec-2011)
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ARTchipel Artist - Tumblr Artist
Rery | on Tumblr (Taiwan/France) - Sublime banalité. Limited digital drawing, Fine Art print on Hahnmühle paper, 30x40 cm (2011)
• Tell us in few words about you.
Born in Taipei, grew up in Montreal, I live and work in Paris for over eight years. I think my multicultural experience is the biggest influence on my personality, my life and my work. I also believe that, having traveled a lot has made me a person who needs to be surprised continually.
• What motivated you to become an artist?
I have always loved drawing since child: on a sketch book, a tissue in the restaurant. But I have hard time to consider myself artist but illustrator who illustrate a person, an emotion or a state of mind…
• What are your work process and techniques?
I use my tablet to make illustrations in Illustrator but have always a little sketches book with me to draw down the unexpected ideas. I like the nearly perfect control and the multiple possibilities of the digital art, as much as the spontaneity and the freedom of the hand drawing.
• Tell us a bit about your work habits.
Often late at night when I’m less stressed by the outside world, with some music and a cigarette.
• What inspires and provokes imagination in you?
I make Hans Hartung’s words mine: “Everything we feel deeply must be expressed.” I’ve always felt the need to express my inner world through the images. My artistic influence is multiple: from the manga I read during my childhood to the contemporary art such as Soulages, Serra, Anish Kapoor, Kiefer, Cy Twombly, Rothko, Jong-sang Lee, Gao Xingjian, Il Lee, Yayoi Kusama, Toshio Shibata, Ryoji Ikeda, etc. Everything can be a source of inspiration to me: the clichés of our society, emotions of daily life, people I love or I meet on the street, my daydreams…
• Does your work reflect your person?
Very probably
• The adjective that best describes you?
Ambivalent
• The word you prefer?
Absurdity
Rery is also the co-founder of ARTchipel.com and co-curate ARTchipel.tumblr. You can visit her rery.tumblr for her illustrations and rerylikes.tumblr for some inspirations.
(interview with artist by ARTchipel Dec-2011)
[more Rery | Rery on ARTchipel.com]
