Diptych; oil on canvas; two, 160 x 115 cm. Arabesque carcasses in strong red are superimposed on a rural, idyllic landscape shot near Bern. The colour contrast stresses the disparate representation modes. Ironically, my painting practice led me to visit the slaughterhouse of Bern. "What a strange idea," you may say.

Well, the carcass has always appealed to painters: the famous Slaughtered Ox by Rembrandt (1655) and the Carcass by Francis Bacon (1980) testify to this attraction. (Carcasses by Rembrandt and Bacon)

The carcass is formally very interesting, if not to say beautiful: it is a strongly structured and coloured object, with vivid reds contrasting with very subtle mother-of-pearl tones. As for half-carcasses, they reveal the skeleton, such a perfect construction, fine and robust as well.

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