{"id":25,"date":"2025-05-14T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elisabethleverrier.art\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:35:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T10:35:44","slug":"2-feu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elisabethleverrier.art\/en\/2-feu\/","title":{"rendered":"FIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inaugural fire, lit on-site in 1986 as a homage to the rising sun, sparked the genesis of my large-scale burnt wood drawings, also born from the land itself.
Since the fire itself\u2014used to shape my drawings\u2014escapes the camera\u2019s eye, I began setting blazes in wild places and forgotten industrial grounds. Fire, in the words of Gaston Bachelard, is ultra-alive; a force of ritual and real presence.
From 2015 onwards, having always had access to the negatives, I began walking alongside the notion of blue fire.
(See also the texts written about Blue Fire by various contributors in 'Writings')<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Fires<\/h2>\n\n\n\n