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Eternal cycle
Shortly before his death, Bernard Buffet provided a clear assessment of the world on the brink of the 21st century. In the painting L’Enfer (1999), despite the apparent omnipotence of the construction machinery, they seem incapable of bringing forth a bright future, leaving only desolation in their wake. Should we see this as an allusion to humanity's eternal capacity for self-destruction?
As for La Boucherie (1999), it depicts a bloodthirsty butcher whose boundless greed drives him towards inhumanity. The memory of the Second World War and the tragedies it wrought never left Bernard Buffet. Through these paintings, he may have sought to warn a newer, more carefree generation of the dangers it could represent for itself.
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Préparation d'un coup, 1997, 73 x 100 cm
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Uzi, 1997, 65 x 92 cm
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L'enfer, 1999, 89 x 130 cm
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