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Einband leicht berieben. Text dt., engl. und franz. - His instantly recognisable style is like a signature, linking a painting to the man with whom it is inextricably bound. Paul Val� once wrote, "You always have to apologise for talking about painting", before quickly adding "but there are compelling reasons for not remaining silent. All art forms thrive on words. All works demand a response". This applies to Bernard Buffet's paintings more than any other artist's. His radical approach to painting commands our attention and directs our interpretation down new and unusual paths. It is the hallmark of his modernity. It raises questions about the type of asceticism that could have fostered an artistic truth so authoritative that it is now acknowledged to be the most universal expression of the reality of our times. Bernard Buffet chose the confines of solitude. He painstakingly built his oeuvre over time with the clear-sightedness of an artisan of painting - his instant and consummate technical maturity revealing several decades later his prefigurative and avant-garde role as a pioneer of Pop Art and Narrative Figuration. ISBN 9782954384603