Philippe Hérard / Cent-Titres

At the bend of a street or a gallery, at the sight of one of the enigmatic characters of Philippe Hérard, the emotion is strong, the effect of surprise is there. The painter tells us the stories and trajectories of anonymous figures, placed in absurd and uncomfortable situations: the disenchanted humanity of Philippe Hérard is often stuck in buoys, on ladders, on tiny planets which are so many symbols of helplessness and resignation. His "gugusses", as he calls them, have toured the walls of the world and they touch the eyes of passers-by with their sensitivity, their humor and their poetry that never leaves us...