Jacques Charlier (1939)
Peinture à fond de balle
1991 | Mixed media with artist frame | 136 x 100 x 7 cm
Both derision and self-mockery run through Jacques Charlier's work. A self-taught artist, Charlier questions - not without humour - the creative process and the status of the work of art.
A frame with mouldings, gilded! Is this painting a masterpiece? Circles are painted on it: confetti from the party or waste from an office drill... Circles become holes. Like the holes cut in a silhouette to reveal a face. His own. For the photo. Self-portrait. Bullet holes. Bullets from the game of massacre at the fair.
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