{"id":236,"date":"2022-11-09T12:07:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T12:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.com\/?page_id=236"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:03:59","slug":"henri-beaufour-vu-par-frederic-elkaim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/it\/henri-beaufour-vu-par-frederic-elkaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Henri Beaufour a cura di Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric ElKa\u00efm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"236\" class=\"elementor elementor-236\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb7d40b elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb7d40b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-182284d\" data-id=\"182284d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6f3553 elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e6f3553\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb6a648\" data-id=\"bb6a648\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19660a8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19660a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Henri Beaufour,<br>de la mati\u00e8re \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2240a10 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2240a10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Texte \u00e9crit par Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Elka\u00efm\n\n<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f976d4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f976d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Non \u00e8 raro che la Storia dell\u2019Arte ci riveli a distanza di decenni la potenza creatrice di artisti a lungo sconosciuti. E\u2019 il caso ad esempio di Louise Bourgeois che ha costruito un\u2019opera singolare e proteiforme senza che gli ambienti culturali newyorchesi fossero venuti a conoscenza del suo immenso contributo prima che avesse compiuto cinquant\u2019anni.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-393ee93\" data-id=\"393ee93\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e65577c elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e65577c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-573\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Castello-Malaspina-vernissage_368_1224x816-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e6a37b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e6a37b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ba9e4b\" data-id=\"4ba9e4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-021ef50 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"021ef50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naturalmente, questo fenomeno tocca molti artisti dell\u2019arte moderna, da C\u00e9zanne a Gauguin passando per Hilma e Klint o pi\u00f9 recentemente Alina Szapocznikow... Sono spesso pittori e scultori che elaborano un\u2019opera originale ma indipendente e che preferiscono consacrare il loro tempo all\u2019instancabile ricerca della forma e del senso che ne emerge, anzich\u00e9 al riconoscimento dai professionisti di settore o dal pubblico. Questi \u201cinnovatori\u201d non trascurano l\u2019eredit\u00e0 lasciata dai loro predecessori, n\u00e9 le multiple influenze che ispirano loro. Per\u00f2 cercano sia di sintetizzare questi contributi sia di superarli per creare un\u2019opera personale. Sono spesso artisti colti, filosofi, con una tensione spirituale o delle sensibilit\u00e0 eccezionali capaci di affrontare in modo originale la creativit\u00e0 che una lunga tradizione artistica ha lasciato loro e che riescono a sublimare in una visione rinnovata. Henri Beaufour appartiene esattamente a questa categoria di artisti.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a7c015\" data-id=\"0a7c015\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a66808 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a66808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contemporaneamente barocco, espressionista e informale, costruisce da trent\u2019anni un\u2019opera ricchissima ma coerente che si impone fuori dai circuiti istituzionali e di mercato e merita ora piena luce.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78a4a0d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"78a4a0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Formato all\u2019arte e alla Storia dell\u2019Arte negli Stati Uniti, in Francia e in Italia, appassionato di letteratura e curioso di tutte le forme di cultura e filosofia, Henri Beaufour non trascura tuttavia l\u2019arte manuale che ha sperimentato per anni presso maestri scultori, senza tralasciare il disegno e la pittura che restano per lui la base, come dice lui stesso: \u201cla pratica del disegno mi permette di cogliere le forme della scultura che altro non \u00e8 che un oggetto\u201d. Si vede subito, il rapporto tra l\u2019espressivit\u00e0 e il simbolo passa per lui attraverso la realizzazione spontanea e diretta, una forma di corpo a corpo con la materia che pervade tutto il suo lavoro e ci inietta un sentimento globale di grande potenza.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc2a27\" data-id=\"5dc2a27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a35a3b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a35a3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Che pratichi lui stesso il taglio diretto o lasci a degli artigiani la cura di realizzare i suoi disegni, le sue idee, il nostro scultore \u00e8 una sorta di genio istintivo che sa infondere vita al marmo, e tuttavia non smette di provare ad aprire uno spazio concettuale, intellettuale, con riferimenti (miti, figure storiche, allegorie) tra l\u2019inerzia della materia e la sua vitalit\u00e0 espressionista. Se ha preso dimora a Pietrasanta, una cittadina medievale toscana rinomata dal Rinascimento per le sue fonderie e marmorerie, \u00e8 perch\u00e9 vi ha potuto sviluppare un laboratorio in collegamento diretto con la grande Storia della scultura e coltivare gli effetti dinamici e ispiranti ancora presenti, e allo stesso tempo costruire un universo che porti questa eredit\u00e0 verso nuove conclusioni.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2016372 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2016372\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a32f383\" data-id=\"a32f383\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd6f3eb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd6f3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beaufour \u00e8 quindi un artista che rappresenta con il suo modo singolare e spontaneo molti riferimenti. Citiamo, non in ordine, la scultura barocca, in particolare il Bernini, cos\u00ec come i suoi seguaci del diciannovesimo secolo come Carpeaux o ancora Rodin per la potenza, fino a Henry de Waroquier della Scuola di Parigi. Siccome la scultura non smette di interpellarlo sulla persistenza della sua eredit\u00e0 storica, \u00e8 naturale che Beaufour si interroghi a sua volta su nozioni di classicismo, barocco, naturalismo ed espressioni care ad ogni sperimentatore. Il suo bestiario di animali scolpiti si iscrive piuttosto nelle culture dell\u2019Antichit\u00e0 e del Medioevo, dalle metafore e dalle fiabe fino ad un mondo fantastico, cos\u00ec come nel ritorno di un interesse artistico per la singolarit\u00e0 animale sviluppata nel diciannovesimo e nel ventesimo secolo da Barye, Jouve, Pompon, ecc\u2026 Il disegno, la pittura, l\u2019incisione costituiscono tutte vie parallele e complementari nel suo infinito tentativo di trasmettere una verit\u00e0 di vita attraverso la materia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a50e11b\" data-id=\"a50e11b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54a7c89 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"54a7c89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-586\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Le-pigeon-en-colere-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-216db61 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"216db61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">L\u2019espressionismo sembra farla da maestro, da Kirshner agli antichi eredi che possono essere, tramite l\u2019arte informale, figure maggiori di un ritratto torturato dell\u2019umanit\u00e0 quali Dubuffet, Bacon o ancora Combas e Basquiat.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36f9153\" data-id=\"36f9153\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2574ed0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2574ed0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"887\" height=\"1242\" src=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-584\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242.jpg 887w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/carnet-2020_395_887x1242-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 887px) 100vw, 887px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780534d elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"780534d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inoltre non possiamo nemmeno dimenticare il vitalismo del movimento CoBra che sembra pervadere il suo tratto, n\u00e9 ovviamente l\u2019ombra tutelare di Picasso, la cui influenza \u00e8 ugualmente percepibile nella pratica di pittura su piatti...<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adb0640 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adb0640\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21eaa6b\" data-id=\"21eaa6b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799d57e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"799d57e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malgrado la raccolta di influenze e di riferimenti perfettamente integrati da Henri Beaufour, sarebbe sbagliato assimilarlo ad un mero diffusore di queste tendenze nonostante abbiano in comune la libert\u00e0 di espressione ed un\u2019energia nelle forme, che ritroviamo con coerenza in tutta la sua produzione poich\u00e9 vi \u00e8 nel suo lavoro una singolarit\u00e0, marchio di uno spirito veramente originale e totalmente distaccato dalle mode attuali. Il suo universo grafico \u00e8 attraversato da un fecondo paradosso tra espressivit\u00e0 libera e banalit\u00e0 contemporanea, che sottolinea sia una certa vacuit\u00e0 dell\u2019esistenza sia la grandezza della semplicit\u00e0. I personaggi, siano essi storici, mediatici o anonimi sono catturati con forza nei ritratti dipinti, incisi, disegnati, come fossero fissati nel bel mezzo di un movimento incerto, modesto, ambiguo, e tuttavia messi in evidenza da un tratto generoso, brillante, ampio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-744f085\" data-id=\"744f085\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3590ef elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3590ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Le facce, esito di minuziose osservazioni e numerosissimi schizzi, sono spesso grottesche e tormentate, talvolta sarcastiche o crudeli: ci interrogano sulla cruda verit\u00e0 della nostra condizione umana. E\u2019 per\u00f2 nella scultura che la mano di Beaufour raggiunge apici particolarmente tortuosi di singolare creativit\u00e0. E\u2019 difficile definire che cosa scateni nello sguardo dell\u2019osservatore una tale impressione di sorpresa davanti ad opere che sembrano estratte dal repertorio universale, dallo statuario preistorico fino alle forme pi\u00f9 attuali. Bestie naturalistiche o al contrario fantastiche, figure della bibbia o dell\u2019antichit\u00e0, individui non identificati, persi nella loro vaghezza, ci si trova di fronte ad una galleria di personaggi veramente impossessati e vivi che continua ad agitarsi davanti ai nostri occhi in modo sardonico e nello stesso tempo profondamente fragile. E\u2019 una dimensione vitalistica, espressionista, potente, spontanea che  non appartiene che a lui.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23d55e5\" data-id=\"23d55e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd807ed elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd807ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1224\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-585\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/henri-beaufour.yohanndeprez.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC4580_1224x816-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19e3ff0 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19e3ff0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sono pulsioni elettriche che attraversano il marmo, liberando tratti precisi, scavando il tempo come rughe, creando visi grotteschi e tuttavia perfettamente ritagliati. Sono le emozioni che ci attraversano direttamente, fisicamente, attraverso il contatto con una materia finalmente animata. Ed \u00e8 probabilmente questa la ragione per cui ci si pu\u00f2 chiedere se Henri Beaufour non starebbe elaborando nella profonda confidenzialit\u00e0, un\u2019opera importante. E\u2019 giunto il momento di avvicinarci per guardare meglio!!!<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Henri Beaufour,de la mati\u00e8re \u00e0 la lumi\u00e8re Texte \u00e9crit par Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Elka\u00efm Il n\u2019est pas rare que l\u2019Histoire de l\u2019art nous r\u00e9v\u00e8le des d\u00e9cennies plus tard, la puissance cr\u00e9atrice d\u2019artistes longtemps m\u00e9connus. 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