{"product_id":"claude-jean-lamy-bernard-buffet-the-secret-studio-9782080304483","title":"Bernard Buffet : the secret studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe famous and acclaimed yet controversial\n Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) forged his own oeuvre\n with dramatic determination. Even when using\n the greasepaint of a clown he forcefully etched\n both life and death into his art, as witnessed\n by the photographs published here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was sparked by a three-way encounter\n in 1958 between an artist, a woman, and a photographer:\n Luc Fournol, then doing a photo spread on the seaside\n resort of Saint-Tropez, introduced Bernard to Annabel.\n Now, forty-five years later, Annabel-who became\n Bernard's wife and life-long companion-comments\n on pictures taken over the years by Luc, who\n remained their loyal friend. Because the secret life\n of an artist truly resides in his work, the mysteries\n of the studio can be harder to penetrate than\n the mysteries of the boudoir. Only a close friend could\n be privy to the struggle of an artist always plagued\n by anxiety, a struggle that yielded the first portrait of\n Annabel, the Passion of Christ, figures of the damned\n from Dante's \"Inferno\", and his ever-risky self-portraits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere the photos by Fournol and Benjamin Auger\n not only reflect a life divided between warm intimacy\n and creative tension, they also portray the sincerity\n with which Buffet put his name on the line with\n every painting. For although Buffet may have made\n mistakes, he never cheated. When he put an end\n to his own life on October 4, 1999, he knew he was\n leaving the ring victoriously, for he never sacrificed\n his freedom or the values that made everything\n worthwhile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a childhood friend and close witness to the events\n that marked Buffet's life, Fournol is better placed\n than any other photographer to produce this portrait\n of an artist confronting his oeuvre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flammarion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53767089127766,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/claude-jean-lamy-bernard-buffet-the-secret-studio-9782080304483","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}