Herman Krikhaar Foundation exhibits works by François Bard & Varozza

When we, the Herman Krikhaar Foundation, proposed François Bard to exhibit at our foundation, his first reaction was to signal his agreement and continued: “Yes, but then together with Varozza”. Given the pictorial practice of each, this choice may seem surprising. On second thought, the “review,” this choice is quite consistent to the point of titling the exhibition « Birds of a feather flock together». This exhibition proposes to demonstrate the development of the artistic field, from Hyperfiguration to Préfiguration, in a dialogue that reveals the essence of the two artists. The Hyperfiguration (and not hyperrealism) of François Bard (1959) who states: “I try to find the myth in the most immediate, almost banal daily life. An icon is a form accessible to all and eminently contemporary of our huma