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Bernard Buffet
"Bernard entered into painting the way you enter into religion. The quasi-monastic cell of his studio condemned him to solitude. He worked totally alone. Every painting was his creation - he had the power of life and death over his work. If you want to compare this creativity to lovemaking, you could say that the artist became a hermaphrodite during those moments. He simultaneously experienced the joys of attentive lovemaking, the anxiety of pregnancy, and the pain of delivery, only recovering mental and physical peace once the birth of the painting was complete."
The Secret Studio - Bernard Buffet
Texts by Annabel Buffet and Jean-Claude Lamy
Photographys by Luc Fournol and Benjamin Auger
Bernard Buffet
"Bernard entered into painting the way you enter into religion. The quasi-monastic cell of his studio condemned him to solitude. He worked totally alone. Every painting was his creation - he had the power of life and death over his work. If you want to compare this creativity to lovemaking, you could say that the artist became a hermaphrodite during those moments. He simultaneously experienced the joys of attentive lovemaking, the anxiety of pregnancy, and the pain of delivery, only recovering mental and physical peace once the birth of the painting was complete."
The Secret Studio - Bernard Buffet
Texts by Annabel Buffet and Jean-Claude Lamy
Photographys by Luc Fournol and Benjamin Auger