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Why does one become an artist? How? To what extent is one an artist? Guided by direct questions from Catherine Grenier, Sophie Ristelhueber describes the atypical advance of an artist for whom nothing predetermined this late, but accomplished, destiny. With no concessions even to herself, and without pretence to something else, the artist evokes the stages of passion which imposed itself suddenly, like an interior necessity. A passion that took her to war-torn lands, into their conflicts and wounds, in search of the traces of war and its scars. Lucid and sincere, this artist’s confession constitutes a perfect introduction to contemporary art, its finalities and what is at stake. She is witness to an aesthetic quest which, overturning the normal course of life, pushes the creator to venture further and further from themselves.
