Born 1960 Brussels. Known for: Painting and sculpture; 'Hunting Accidents'.
Born in 1960, Pascal Bernier lives and works in Brussels, his hometown. A follower of paradoxical thought, his work is an opposition between death and life, conservation and destruction, but also...
Read full biography Born in 1960, Pascal Bernier lives and works in Brussels, his hometown. A follower of paradoxical thought, his work is an opposition between death and life, conservation and destruction, but also horror and beauty. It is with an offbeat side and not without humor, that he questions his contemporary...
Read full biography Born in 1960, Pascal Bernier lives and works in Brussels, his hometown. A follower of paradoxical thought, his work is an opposition between death and life, conservation and destruction, but also horror and beauty. It is with an offbeat side and not without humor, that he questions his contemporary time and paints the portrait of a disenchanted world. He firmly believes in and defends the “laughter purge” which “helps to think without being depressed”. He is mainly known for his Hunting...
Read full biography Born in 1960, Pascal Bernier lives and works in Brussels, his hometown. A follower of paradoxical thought, his work is an opposition between death and life, conservation and destruction, but also horror and beauty. It is with an offbeat side and not without humor, that he questions his contemporary time and paints the portrait of a disenchanted world. He firmly believes in and defends the “laughter purge” which “helps to think without being depressed”. He is mainly known for his Hunting Accidents; mortally wounded, stuffed animals, whose wounds have been carefully bandaged by the artist. By this symbolic and redemptive gesture, he saves them from a second death. Pascal Bernier is represented in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland....
Read full biography Born in 1960, Pascal Bernier lives and works in Brussels, his hometown. A follower of paradoxical thought, his work is an opposition between death and life, conservation and destruction, but also horror and beauty. It is with an offbeat side and not without humor, that he questions his contemporary time and paints the portrait of a disenchanted world. He firmly believes in and defends the “laughter purge” which “helps to think without being depressed”. He is mainly known for his Hunting Accidents; mortally wounded, stuffed animals, whose wounds have been carefully bandaged by the artist. By this symbolic and redemptive gesture, he saves them from a second death. Pascal Bernier is represented in France, Italy, Belgium and Switzerland. Several museums have devoted a retrospective to him, notably the MAC'S Musée du Grand Hornu and the Musée du Botanique in Brussels.