Augustin Discart

Holding a vocational certificate in cabinetmaking and wood carving, Augustin Discart pursued his passion for art. He enrolled at the Beaux-Arts in Tourcoing. After obtaining his bachelor's degree, he moved to Lyon to study at the Émile Cohl school.

Her works juxtapose the living and the material, reflecting her ecological commitment.

His series “Versus” expresses this confrontation, inspired by the Latin word meaning “against” or “opposite”.

At the crossroads of realist traditions, pop aesthetics, and contemporary reflections on the world, Augustin Discart's practice is a hybrid one. Playing with conventions and juxtaposing oil and acrylic paints, he explores the fundamental tensions between nature—in its most sacred form—and human creations. His works deconstruct the artificial order established by humankind and place life at the heart of the narrative.

Through his visual poetry, Augustin pays homage to life by revealing its full emotional depth. Using oil paint, he captures all the subtleties and beauty of bodies: the intimacy of a gaze, its reflections and doubts - the shadows caressing the skin, making each curve and imperfection as precious as a fragment of light.

In contrast, Augustin embraces a deliberately childlike aesthetic, freeing himself from technical mastery to depict what has been shaped by humankind. He thus displays a form of ironic contempt for human arrogance. The bright, saturated colors symbolize an exacerbated artificiality. The unfinished aspect underscores their derisory nature. The naive flatness of these elements then becomes the symbol of an intrinsic need to return to innocence, to a time when everything was still possible.