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L'INTERROGATOIRE
2017
François BARD
Painting
161 x 130 cm
In addition to their cinematographic composition andtheir pictorial qualities, François Bard’s works are remarkable for theunsettling atmosphere they create. Hidden behind their hoods, these youngstersplay a sort of hide-and-seek, refusing to reveal their personalities.Quasi-hyperrealist, these oils on canvas or paper show amazing refinement inthe textures of the clothes and skin tones.
"I like it when a human figuretriggers something in the onlooker," says François Bard. But neverthelesswithout imposing too much. Hence the fact that I often avoid faces - showingthe subjects’ backs and suggesting more than I actually describe. I try to findthe myth in the commonplace. It is almost a doctrine for my everydaylife."
François Bard lives and works in Paris and the southof France.
A graduate of the Ecole Nationale Superieure desBeaux-Arts of Paris and a former resident of the Casa Velasquez in Madrid, he has exhibitedin France, the United Kingdom, and the United States for many years.
A largenumber of collectors, such as Ralph Lauren and Bernard Magrez, exhibit hisworks in their foundations.
He has been working with Dior since June 2017. KrisVan Assche, the artistic director of the couture house, decided to associatehis latest collection and François Bard's universe. A monograph will bepublished by Somogy in October to coincide with his personal exhibition inParis.
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