Robert Kombas (1957)

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In 1979 Kombas created an art genre, later called "Free Image" ( "Figuration libre"), which included Remi Blanchard, Francois Boiron, Herve Di Rosa, and himself. It was a freedom-loving art, attentive to modern society, reagiruyuschiya its problems - violence, sexuality, etc.
This is how the work Kombasa critic and writer Demosten Davtas: "Painting Robert Kombasa nahzoditsya constantly in motion, like a living organism. His work is unthinkable without the presence of "other", ie the viewer. Between the viewer and the paintings Kombasa arises interdependence - they need each other. Image Kombas uses in order to "provoke" to bring the audience reaction, and then "call" him: "Come here, let me tell you about violence, about beauty, about his hatred of stupidity, love, the things serious and funny things, the logic and absurdity that pervades our everyday lives.

Robert Kombas izobrazhet everyday life, in giving her historical and mythological references. His style is inspired by comic books and graffiti, his work is careless and humorous, something sensual, something full of rage.

1. "Sea Battle", 1977, wood, acrylic, 100,5 h133
2. "Meeting with Mickey Tentenom", 1977, wood, acrylic, 100x193
3. "Sharp-nosed shoes of many popular brands, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 125x81
4. "Pugh!", 1980, acrylic on canvas, 200х180
5. "Tokyo Joe", 1982, acrylic on canvas, 200х180
6. "Big laugh," 1983, acrylic on canvas, 91h207
7. "The Hanged Man", 1984, acrylic on canvas, 204h154
8. "Self-Kombasa in the form of the French soldier, 1984, acrylic on canvas, 204x154
9. Tiger poedatel trucks, 1985, acrylic on canvas, 152x206
10. "Two cows, beauty, moo-oo-oo, smiling," 1986, acrylic on canvas, 65x127

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But as talks about the "Free Picture" himself Kombas:

As I, the inventor of the "Free Images", could you explain it? Here I quote one author, it is not very well known, it is one of those rare writers "svobozhnogo image, Michelle Zom.
Scene: strechayutsya two people, one says to another:
- I caught the disease eggs.
Another asks incredulously:
- Look here please! But what is this disease?
At that first responds:
- Nothing. I just want to get sick! "

Here is the text of the "free images", it shows the influence of jokes, slang, poetry ...


1. "Signature Kombasa was half blue and half green, 1988, acrylic on canvas, 215x145
2. "Auzykanty, 1989, acrylic on canvas, 200x200
3. "The great revolutionary", 1989, acrylic on canvas, 230x210
4. "The lone sailor, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 100h81
5. "Archangel," 1995, acrylic on canvas, 210h144
6. "Pope to tell the truth - only the bishop!", 1999, acrylic on canvas, 194x144
7. "Cro-Magnon animals", 1999, acrylic on canvas, 218x338
8. "Ball", 2000, acrylic on canvas, 210h190
9. "Cellist", 2001-2002, wood, acrylic, 200x170
10. "Shaman" corrida ", 2002, acrylic on canvas, 200x200

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But as talks about the "Free Picture" himself Kombas:

As I, the inventor of the "Free Images", could you explain it? Here I quote one author, it is not very well known, it is one of those rare writers "svobozhnogo image, Michelle Zom.
Scene: strechayutsya two people, one says to another:
- I caught the disease eggs.
Another asks incredulously:
- Look here please! But what is this disease?
At that first responds:
- Nothing. I just want to get sick! "

Here is the text of the "free images", it shows the influence of jokes, slang, poetry ...


1. "Signature Kombasa was half blue and half green, 1988, acrylic on canvas, 215x145
2. "Musicians", 1989, acrylic on canvas, 200x200
3. "The great revolutionary", 1989, acrylic on canvas, 230x210
4. "The lone sailor, 1993, acrylic on canvas, 100h81
5. "Archangel," 1995, acrylic on canvas, 210h144
6. "Pope to tell the truth - only the bishop!", 1999, acrylic on canvas, 194x144
7. "Cro-Magnon animals", 1999, acrylic on canvas, 218x338
8. "Ball", 2000, acrylic on canvas, 210h190
9. "Cellist", 2001-2002, wood, acrylic, 200x170
10. "Shaman" corrida ", 2002, acrylic on canvas, 200x200

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I'm in a canvas you can see the influence of African naive advertisers, illustrations for textbooks for elementary schools, and at the same time - the influence of Picasso and Miro, or, for example, I do like drawing comics, to decorate his alleged Arab characters, add a "rough "Painting in the spirit of Lyubyuffe or COBRA.
"Free izobrazhentie" - it is painting, which does not suppress any of their primitive instincts, nor his desire for culture.

First, my painting was to be called "fan art". It makes me reach them, because the "fan" - the English word. Actually, I never called his painting - in fact it did just me, but entered the Academy of Art, I began it's called "painting fan. And I call it "fun and exciting, actually, is the same. The exhibition "Down with beauty", organized in Paris, Bernard Lyamarsh-Vadel utverzhdaLyamarsh-Vadel decided that we should form a group - so it will be easier to become known. This was necessary in order to help other artists, because my case is going quite well. We then were quite unfamiliar with the artistic medium. The name "Free Image" came up with artist Ben, and all were happy to use it, it's a bit like some good advertising slogan ...

Dadaism, rough art, Negro art, naive art advertising art of Haiti, Africa, South America, Jamaica, poor art, culture rock art Aytsayderskoe (mentally), Picasso, Expressionism, Impressionism, comics - to mix it all and get Kombas, figurative, potomu that I live in a world of realities. But I think that the message coming from my painting in the abstract - a mixture of images, colors, imitations of Asian, Arab and South African writing, my paintings - is an attempt to create a universal language.


1. Cowboy, singing in tune and in harmony ", 2002, acrylic on canvas, 170x150
2. Women's ketch ", 2002-2003, acrylic on canvas, 210h210
3. "Transparent Machine", 2003, acrylic on canvas, 152h168
4. "The Knight in front of the dragon", 2003, acrylic on canvas, 156x190
5. "Red-haired girl and the ghost, 2003, acrylic on canvas
6. "Multifaceted, but not very much, kind of Mount St. Victoire," 2003, mixed media, 130x195
7. The Battle of Knights, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 212x338
8. "Red Roses", 2004, acrylic on canvas, 200x200
9. "Attempted missile", 2004, acrylic on canvas, 205h200
10. "Flutist and a girl standing at attention", 2004, acrylic on canvas, 201x203

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1. Red Nose - makeup for camouflage, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 210x208
2. "Finally, the Van Gogh smile!", 2005, acrylic on canvas, 200x300
3. "Limonus zheltinus, 2005, acrylic on canvas, 207h90
4. "Shooting of" Samurai ", 2007, acrylic on canvas, 250x200
5. "The black woman, red, white, painted pink," 2008, acrylic on canvas, 144x111
6. "Former oared rower, 2008, acrylic on canvas, 149x206
7. "The great drummer," 2008, acrylic on canvas, 204x152
8. "Two-Headed Hermit", 2008, acrylic on canvas, 159x204
9. "Lesbians", 2008, acrylic on canvas, 114h152
10. "Back to Mono", 2009, acrylic on canvas, 146h96