Background
FAUCON, Bernard was born on September 12, 1950 in Apartment
FAUCON, Bernard was born on September 12, 1950 in Apartment
He was taught at the lycée in Apt, then graduated in Philosophy from the Sorbonne in 1973.
include: Agathe Gaillard, Paris 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; Castelli, New York 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991; Musee Georges Pompidou, Paris 1982; Musee de la Vieille Charity, Marseille 1986; Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1986; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1987; PARCO Gallery, Tokyo 1987; Espace photo de la ville de Paris 1988; Yvon Lambert, Paris 199i; Grand Prix National des arts et des lettres 1989.Until 1977 he worked as a fine art painter, and thereafter discovered photography. His photographic work has a love of youth and dreamy beauty, using saturated colour, natural settings, rooms and often tableaux of mannequins. His major photographic series are, in date-order: Les Grandes Vacances (1977–1981).
Evolution probable du Temps (1981–1984).
Les Chambres d"amour (1987–1989). Les Idoles et les Sacrifices (1989–1991).
Les écritures (1991–1993). And Louisiana Finance, Financial de L"image (1993–1995).
Since 1977 he has had nearly 300 solo exhibitions, but he decided to cease photography in 1997.
In 1999 he produced his first book of writing, Louisiana peur du voyage. The mannequins used in his work are now at the Nanasai Company Collection, in Kyoto, Japan. In 2002, the Moscow House of Photography held a Bernard Faucon Festival, and he was invited to officially open the Moscow Biennale.
He is currently represented by the French agency Agence Vu.
Guy Davenport. The Illuminations of Bernard Faucon (Indiana: The Georgia Review, Winter 2002). Bernard Faucon"s photographs inspired the Japanese television comedy Oh! Mikey.
The sketch series follows the adventures of the Fuccons, an American family living in Japan, with all the characters played by mannequins.