Portfolio C. Bernard

Portfolio C. Bernard

  • Gallery

The Game of Life

A cracked earthen box, a mirror of the chances that shape our destinies. Inside, the shadow of a suspended man, his limbs tinged with an electric blue, as if frozen in the instant when the game tips.

Materials

🏺 Poterry

The work presents itself as a tangible metaphor for chance and its consequences. The earthen box, both fragile and resilient, bears the marks of a game played since forever. The dice and cards, drawn with deceptive simplicity, remind us that life is a game where the rules often elude us. Inside, the hanged man, his limbs and tongue marked with deep blue, embodies the moment when chance becomes fate. The bas-relief technique, both gentle and brutal, reinforces this idea of an unstable balance between life and death. The work plays with contrasts: raw earth and precise patterns, cold blue and the warmth of earth, life and death.

Portfolio C. Bernard

No cookies here Legal notice

© 2026 Portfolio C. Bernard. All rights reserved