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Having spent part of his childhood in his grand-mother's grocery store, he has developed a strong and privileged relationship with objects and inventories of all sorts. At the crossing of pop art and performance, in-between figuration and ?dis-figuration?, Bernard Pras?s work doesn't leave any viewer indifferent?

A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse in 1974, Bernard Pras is a virtuoso of the anamorphosis and of the juxtaposition of eclectic objects, carefully chosen to be in resonance with his subjects; he creates an image that is comprehensible from a single, pre-defined point of view. this is the art of the secret perspective that Dürer was talking about?

Christian-Louis Eclimont says of the artist:

"An athlete of the optical effect, Pras moves between the infinitely composite and the infinitely composed, using his eye as a camera that captures the patterns while they are being projected.?"

Giving up his paintbrushes and painting for the hand, the object and a camera, he has been appropriating images of art history and contemporary society since 1998. The color and the stroke become object and the composition - an installation punctuated by dozens of images. Without photography, the installations would remain the privilege of a few, unique spectators of this metamorphosis during which the act of recycling becomes art.

Without this final moment that is the last picture taken, marked by a luminous flash, when the artist transforms the three dimensions in only two for the greatest pleasure of our eyes, Bernard Pras?s work could not exist.


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Photography, 152 - Van Gogh, Bernard Pras

152 - Van Gogh

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Sculpture, 86, Bernard Pras

86

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 18.9 x 15.7 x 5.9 inch

$18,113

Print, Sans titre, Bernard Pras

Sans titre

Bernard Pras

Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$792

Photography, Banania, Bernard Pras

Banania

Bernard Pras

Photography - 38.2 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, 210 . BASHUNG (Vertige de l'amour), Bernard Pras

210 . BASHUNG (Vertige de l'amour)

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, 90. Le Bon (Clint Eastwood), Bernard Pras

90. Le Bon (Clint Eastwood)

Bernard Pras

Photography - 63 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$10,189

Photography, Frida, Bernard Pras

Frida

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 34.6 x 0.8 inch

$5,660

Photography, 151. Pape, Bernard Pras

151. Pape

Bernard Pras

Photography - 60.6 x 47.2 x 2 inch

$10,189

Photography, Ernesto, Bernard Pras

Ernesto

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.3 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, 236. Clint, Bernard Pras

236. Clint

Bernard Pras

Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Print, Einstein en photo Montage, Bernard Pras

Einstein en photo Montage

Bernard Pras

Print - 31.9 x 28.7 inch

$566

Photography, 109. Guernica, Bernard Pras

109. Guernica

Bernard Pras

Photography - 47.2 x 110.2 x 2 inch

$18,113

Photography, 189 - James, Bernard Pras

189 - James

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, 193. Joker, Bernard Pras

193. Joker

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 34.6 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Print, Marilyn, Bernard Pras

Marilyn

Bernard Pras

Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch

$566

Photography, Le Cri, Bernard Pras

Le Cri

Bernard Pras

Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.2 inch

$1,358

Photography, 162 - Vénus, Bernard Pras

162 - Vénus

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, Sotigui Kouyaté, Bernard Pras

Sotigui Kouyaté

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, 254. Miro, Bernard Pras

254. Miro

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$5,660

Photography, 255. Bacon, Bernard Pras

255. Bacon

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 0.4 inch

$5,660

Photography, 256. Van Gogh, Bernard Pras

256. Van Gogh

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, Cesar, Bernard Pras

Cesar

Bernard Pras

Photography - 45.7 x 33.5 x 0.8 inch

$5,660

Photography, Joker, Bernard Pras

Joker

Bernard Pras

Photography - 33.9 x 41.7 x 0.8 inch

$5,660

Print, Salvador Dali, Bernard Pras

Salvador Dali

Bernard Pras

Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

$792

Sculpture, 185 - We can do it, Bernard Pras

185 - We can do it

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 19.3 x 25.2 x 22 inch

$27,169

Photography, 96. Christ de Loudun, Bernard Pras

96. Christ de Loudun

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Sculpture, 254. Miro, Bernard Pras

254. Miro

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 18.1 x 15 x 5.9 inch

$15,849

Sculpture, 178. Descartes, Bernard Pras

178. Descartes

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 47.2 x 31.5 x 25.6 inch

$29,434

Sculpture, Il était une fois, Bernard Pras

Il était une fois

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 30.7 x 26 x 10.2 inch

$22,641

Sculpture, 255. Bacon, Bernard Pras

255. Bacon

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 18.1 x 14.2 x 5.9 inch

$15,849

Sculpture, César, Bernard Pras

César

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 17.3 x 20.1 x 31.1 inch

$27,169

Sculpture, Le migrant, Bernard Pras

Le migrant

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 18.1 x 15 x 4.7 inch

$18,113

Sculpture, Le pirate, Bernard Pras

Le pirate

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 13.4 x 9.8 x 6.7 inch

$13,585

Photography, 185 - We can do it, Bernard Pras

185 - We can do it

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Sculpture, Scarabée, Bernard Pras

Scarabée

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 35.4 x 46.5 x 11.8 inch

$27,169

Sculpture, 248. Le petit mendiant, Bernard Pras

248. Le petit mendiant

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 59.1 x 78.7 x 41.7 inch

$39,622

Photography, 234. Federer, Bernard Pras

234. Federer

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, Courbet, Bernard Pras

Courbet

Bernard Pras

Photography - 40.9 x 33.9 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Photography, Jordan, Bernard Pras

Jordan

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

$5,660

Sculpture, Tom & Jerry, Bernard Pras

Tom & Jerry

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 7.9 x 28.3 x 35.4 inch

$24,905

Photography, Basquiat, Bernard Pras

Basquiat

Bernard Pras

Photography - 41.7 x 31.5 x 2 inch

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Photography, 164. Gauguin, Bernard Pras

164. Gauguin

Bernard Pras

Photography - 58.3 x 47.2 x 2 inch

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Photography, Gainsbourg, Bernard Pras

Gainsbourg

Bernard Pras

Photography - 63 x 47.2 x 2 inch

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Photography, La grande vague, Bernard Pras

La grande vague

Bernard Pras

Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 inch

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Print, David Bowie, Bernard Pras

David Bowie

Bernard Pras

Print - 31.5 x 23.6 inch

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Sculpture, Amy, Bernard Pras

Amy

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 19.7 x 19.7 x 7.5 inch

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Photography, Gainsbourg, Bernard Pras

Gainsbourg

Bernard Pras

Photography - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

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Photography, 169. Sergent Pepper, Bernard Pras

169. Sergent Pepper

Bernard Pras

Photography - 35.4 x 35.4 x 1.2 inch

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Sculpture, Frida, Bernard Pras

Frida

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 33.5 x 29.5 x 6.7 inch

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Sculpture, Gare au gorille, Bernard Pras

Gare au gorille

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 35.4 x 46.5 x 9.4 inch

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Sculpture, 256. Van Gogh, Bernard Pras

256. Van Gogh

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 18.1 x 15 x 5.9 inch

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Sculpture, 226. Pinocchio, Bernard Pras

226. Pinocchio

Bernard Pras

Sculpture - 39.4 x 31.9 x 17.7 inch

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Who is the artist?

Having spent part of his childhood in his grand-mother's grocery store, he has developed a strong and privileged relationship with objects and inventories of all sorts. At the crossing of pop art and performance, in-between figuration and ?dis-figuration?, Bernard Pras?s work doesn't leave any viewer indifferent?

A graduate of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Toulouse in 1974, Bernard Pras is a virtuoso of the anamorphosis and of the juxtaposition of eclectic objects, carefully chosen to be in resonance with his subjects; he creates an image that is comprehensible from a single, pre-defined point of view. this is the art of the secret perspective that Dürer was talking about?

Christian-Louis Eclimont says of the artist:

"An athlete of the optical effect, Pras moves between the infinitely composite and the infinitely composed, using his eye as a camera that captures the patterns while they are being projected.?"

Giving up his paintbrushes and painting for the hand, the object and a camera, he has been appropriating images of art history and contemporary society since 1998. The color and the stroke become object and the composition - an installation punctuated by dozens of images. Without photography, the installations would remain the privilege of a few, unique spectators of this metamorphosis during which the act of recycling becomes art.

Without this final moment that is the last picture taken, marked by a luminous flash, when the artist transforms the three dimensions in only two for the greatest pleasure of our eyes, Bernard Pras?s work could not exist.

What are their 3 main works?

What is Bernard Pras’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Optical Illusions Photographers

When was Bernard Pras born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1952