{"id":532,"date":"2025-10-30T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:56:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:56:45","slug":"demarche","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/demarche\/","title":{"rendered":"Demarche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:110px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tabs gutena-tabs-block gutena-tabs-block-981788-7c apropos\"><ul class=\"gutena-tabs-tab tab-center\"><li class=\"gutena-tab-title active\" data-tab=\"1\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-content icon-top\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-text\"><div>Recherche Artistique<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"gutena-tab-title inactive\" data-tab=\"2\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-content icon-top\"><div class=\"gutena-tab-title-text\"><div>Artistical research<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"gutena-tabs-content is-layout-flow wp-block-gutena-tabs-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tab gutena-tab-block gutena-tab-block-7475a3-3a active\" data-tab=\"1\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:79px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"ticss-ab9189f6\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;&nbsp;C\u2019est un travail intime, j\u2019ai toujours eu l\u2019impression de pouvoir p\u00e9n\u00e9trer la mati\u00e8re. J\u2019entretiens avec elle un rapport tr\u00e8s particulier, presque privil\u00e9gi\u00e9. Je la confronte ou lui associe une repr\u00e9sentation plastique de l\u2019esprit. Pour le comprendre, je m\u2019aide de l&rsquo;astro-physique, de la philosophie, des math\u00e9matiques\u2026 bref de tout ce qui est le fruit de l\u2019homme culturellement, ce qui le diff\u00e9rencie des animaux et qui pourrait donner un sens \u00e0 sa vie d\u2019humain, confront\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019univers qui l\u2019entoure.&nbsp;\u00bb<\/em> <br>Eric B\u00e9ridon<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b1018d00 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sculptures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-08c01c1c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-49481041\"><em>Sans titre &#8211; 6 pi\u00e8ces (Pierre ocre du Luberon, m\u00e9tal) <\/em><br><em>Galerie Bowman &#8211; Londres &#8211; 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-0a52357d\"><em>Sans titre &#8211; &nbsp;9 pi\u00e8ces (Pierre ocre du Luberon, m\u00e9tal) <\/em><br><em>Rencontres des Toiles, M\u00e9nerbes &#8211; 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-a87fc398 has-small-font-size\">Dans ses premiers travaux de sculpture, Eric B\u00e9ridon minimise volontairement son intervention \u00e0 un travail en creux des pierres et \u00e0 leur assemblage avec le m\u00e9tal pour laisser \u00e0 la nature et \u00e0 la mati\u00e8re leur pouvoir cr\u00e9atif. Les pierres viennent du Vaucluse, de la r\u00e9gion des ocres et sont associ\u00e9es \u00e0 des m\u00e9taux oxyd\u00e9s. Pierres et m\u00e9taux ont une origine commune : l\u2019oxydation, repr\u00e9sentative du temps qui passe, de la vieillesse, de la mort.&nbsp;La lumi\u00e8re naturelle r\u00e9v\u00e8le des visages en creux comme des \u00e2mes fossilis\u00e9es, mat\u00e9rialisant l\u2019intemporel. La mati\u00e8re intervient autant que l&rsquo;artiste dans le processus de cr\u00e9ation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:126px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">S\u00e9rie F.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-131b61c8\"><em>F18 &#8211; Technique mixte&nbsp;&#8211; 2008<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-bf2dc6ea has-small-font-size\">Dans cette s\u00e9rie d\u00e9but\u00e9e en <strong>2005<\/strong>, Eric B\u00e9ridon conserve l\u2019essentiel de ses premiers travaux en trois dimensions (sculptures), \u00e0 savoir, laisser \u00e0 la nature son pouvoir cr\u00e9atif, tout en r\u00e9duisant au maximum son intervention. <br>Il poursuit la m\u00eame qu\u00eate: r\u00e9unir dans le processus cr\u00e9atif le corps et l\u2019esprit, la nature et la civilisation et non pas les opposer. <br>Le feu comme la rouille est un processus de destruction naturel. Il contient aussi le paradoxe de la vie et de la mort, de l\u2019obscurit\u00e9 et de la lumi\u00e8re, du noir et de la couleur. Ainsi, l&rsquo;artiste limite son intervention au pr\u00e9l\u00e8vement de la mati\u00e8re, directement sur le sol (des empreintes de restes de feu aux dessins sont al\u00e9atoires et repr\u00e9sentant le corps), \u00e0 l\u2019ajout de pigments de couleur (mat\u00e9rialisant l&rsquo;esprit) et \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sentation de la toile \u00e0 la verticale, ce qui alt\u00e8re la position naturelle du feu; la perception du regardeur s&rsquo;en trouve modifi\u00e9e. <br>On entre dans la mati\u00e8re comme dans une empreinte de nous-m\u00eames..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-50841880\"><em>F37 &#8211; &nbsp;Technique mixte<\/em> &#8211; 2010<br><em>Cr\u00e9dits \u00a9 Laurent Barnavon &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-49969630 has-small-font-size\">\u00ab\u00a0L\u2019esprit est-il un principe spirituel d\u00e9tachable du corps, s\u2019il s\u2019agit de l\u2019\u00e2me et si on l\u2019aborde d\u2019une mani\u00e8re religieuse ou un principe pensant empirique et \u00e9litiste de l\u2019animal, si on l\u2019envisage d\u2019une mani\u00e8re scientifique ?\u00a0\u00bb A partir de <strong>2010<\/strong>, cette recherche est rendue par un travail en profondeur, plusieurs strates comme un univers en mille feuilles. Corps et esprit ne se situent pas sur un m\u00eame plan, l\u2019\u0153il en les observant, les r\u00e9unit pour en faire une entit\u00e9.&nbsp; Ces travaux ne sont ni des peintures, ni des sculptures, ni des deux dimensions, ni des trois dimensions, mais le fruit d\u2019une d\u00e9marche autre, o\u00f9 la notion d\u2019espace et la notion de temps sont diff\u00e9rentes. A l\u2019inverse d\u2019autres formes plastiques existantes dont le sujet se situe en surface et sur laquelle le regard vient toujours taper, il ne s\u2019agit plus de faire \u00e9merger les choses, de l\u2019int\u00e9rieur vers l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, mais de p\u00e9n\u00e9trer la forme pour ouvrir d\u2019autres dimensions. Ici l\u2019objet n\u2019interrompt pas le regard. L\u2019int\u00e9riorit\u00e9 devient le sujet m\u00eame de la d\u00e9marche.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-4b7e0683\"><em>F61 &#8211; Technique mixte &#8211; 2013<\/em><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-49969630 has-small-font-size\">\u00ab&nbsp;Est-ce la mati\u00e8re qui cr\u00e9e l\u2019esprit ou l\u2019esprit qui vient impr\u00e9gner la mati\u00e8re ? La question reste au centre de la d\u00e9marche de l&rsquo;artiste. Pour l\u2019aborder il lui faut tendre vers un travail non pas additif, mais soustractif, un travail d\u2019\u00e9puration. Les pi\u00e8ces de la s\u00e9rie F. depuis <strong>2012<\/strong> refl\u00e8tent un travail de contrastes : <br>&#8211; contraste de forme entre la mati\u00e8re (l\u2019empreinte des restes d\u2019un feu) et le travail plus conceptuel (les lignes s\u00e9cantes) assimil\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019esprit.<br>&#8211; contraste de texture entre l\u2019asp\u00e9rit\u00e9 de la mati\u00e8re et l\u2019aspect lisse des pi\u00e8ces g\u00e9om\u00e9triques.<br>&#8211; contraste de tonalit\u00e9, noir du charbon de bois et blanc des formes g\u00e9om\u00e9triques.<br>&#8211; contraste de luminosit\u00e9 entre les \u00e9l\u00e9ments dans l\u2019obscurit\u00e9 et ceux dans la lumi\u00e8re. <br>Medium \u00e0 part enti\u00e8re, la lumi\u00e8re intervient dans les travaux de la S\u00e9rie F, incarnant le lien entre le mat\u00e9riel et le spirituel, l\u2019instinctif&nbsp; et le cognitif. Elle n\u2019apparait jamais directement au regard, elle se situe \u00ab entre \u00bb les \u00e9l\u00e9ments, cr\u00e9e une vibration comme une \u00e9nergie propre au tableau.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:126px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Travaux sur Papier<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-08c01c1c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-49481041\"><em>Sans titre &#8211; Charbon de bois sur Papier ARCHES\u00ae &#8211; 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-0a52357d\"><em>Sans titre &#8211; Charbon de bois sur Papier ARCHES\u00ae &#8211; 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-a87fc398 has-small-font-size\">De ces \u0153uvres minimalistes, constitu\u00e9es de petits grains de mati\u00e8res (charbon de bois, m\u00e9tal oxyd\u00e9, pigments) dispers\u00e9s et fix\u00e9s sur la feuille (papier ARCHES\u00ae), semble \u00e9merger une lumi\u00e8re. Cette s\u00e9rie n\u00e9e en <strong>2023<\/strong> constitue une nouvelle voie dans le d\u00e9sir de l&rsquo;artiste d&rsquo;aller vers un travail le plus \u00e9pur\u00e9 possible, tout en restant fid\u00e8le \u00e0 l&rsquo;axe de ses recherches, c&rsquo;est-\u00e0-dire, traquer l&rsquo;essence de la vie au-del\u00e0 de l&rsquo;existence. Ces travaux conservent le dessin al\u00e9atoire des empreintes de feux \u00e9teints des travaux de la S\u00e9ries F. , tout comme leur aspect vibratoire obtenu par des LEDs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-gutena-tab gutena-tab-block gutena-tab-block-cbee17-be inactive\" data-tab=\"2\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:79px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"ticss-1cd2fd3d\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><em>\u00ab&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>It is an intimate process; I have always felt that I could penetrate the material. I have a very special, almost privileged relationship with it. I confront it or associate it with a visual representation of the mind. To understand it, I draw on astrophysics, philosophy, mathematics\u2026 in short, everything that is the fruit of human culture, everything that differentiates us from animals and could give meaning to our lives as humans confronted with the universe around us.<em>\u00bb<\/em> <br>Eric B\u00e9ridon<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b1018d00 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sculptures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-08c01c1c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-49481041\"><em>Without title &#8211; 6 pieces (Ochre stone from the Luberon, metal) <\/em><br><em>Bowman Sculpture &#8211; Londres &#8211; 2006<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Sculptures1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-0a52357d\"><em><em>Without title &#8211; 6 pieces (Ochre stone from the Luberon, metal) <\/em><\/em><br><em>Rencontres des Toiles, M\u00e9nerbes &#8211; 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-a87fc398 has-small-font-size\">In his first works of sculpture, Eric B\u00e9ridon deliberately minimised his intervention his intervention to the hollow carving of the stones and their assembly with metal to allow nature and matter to express their creative power.; natural light revealed faces hollowed out like fossilised souls. The stones come from the Vaucluse, the Ochre region of France. They are combined with rusted metal. Both the stone and the metal go through the oxidization process, which is represented here as the passing of time, old age and death. Natural light reveals hollow faces like fossilised souls, embodying timelessness. The material plays as much a part in the creative process as the artist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:126px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F. Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F18.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-131b61c8\"><em>F18 &#8211; Mixed Technique &#8211; 2008<\/em><br><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-bf2dc6ea has-small-font-size\">The F. Series, begun in<strong> 2005<\/strong>,<strong> <\/strong>retains the essence of B\u00e9ridon\u2019s sculptural approach: allowing nature and matter to maintain their creative power, while minimising its intervention as much as possible. <br>He pursues the same quest: to bring together body and mind, nature and civilisation in the creative process, rather than setting them against each other.<br>Fire, like rust, is a natural process of destruction. It also contains the paradox of life and death, darkness and light, black and colour.<br>The matter, with its random designs, comes from fire imprints collected directly from the ground, symbolizing the primal origin of the body. In contrast, the representation of reason \u2014 the result of a controlled human gesture \u2014 is limited to the addition of pigments. When the canvas is presented vertically, it alters the natural orientation of fire, shifting the viewer\u2019s perception: we enter the material as thoughentering an imprint of ourselves. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-562\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F37demarche.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-50841880\"><em>F37 &#8211; &nbsp;Mixed Technique <\/em>&#8211; 2010<br><em>Credits \u00a9 Laurent Barnavon &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-49969630 has-small-font-size\">\u00ab\u00a0Is the mind a spiritual principle that can be detached from the body, if we are talking about the soul and approaching it from a religious perspective, or is it an empirical and elitist thinking principle of animals, if we consider it from a scientific perspective?\u00a0\u00bb In the pieces of the series F. from <strong>2010<\/strong>, this research is shown by an in-depth work, with multiple layers as a universe in a thousand leaves. The body and the mind do not lie on the same level, this is the eye by observing that gathers them together as an entity. Those artworks are neither paintings nor sculptures, nor two dimensions or three dimensions, but the result of another approach, where the notion of space and&nbsp;the notion of time are different.&nbsp; Unlike other existing plastic forms, whose subject lies on the surface and on which the look just types, it is no longer to bring out things from inside to outside, but to enter the form to open other dimensions.&nbsp; Here, the object does not interrupt the look. The interior becomes the subject of the approach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/F61-e1761762270679.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-4b7e0683\"><em>F61 &#8211; Mixed Technique &#8211; 2013<\/em><br><br> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-49969630 has-small-font-size\">\u00ab&nbsp;Is it the matter that creates the mind or the spirit that permeates the matter? The question remains at the center of the artist&rsquo;s approach. To approach it, he had to tend towards a work, not additive, but subtractive, purging my gesture. The pieces of the series F. since<strong> 2012<\/strong> reflect a work of contrasts:<br>-Form contrast between matter ( imprint of fire remains- the body) and conceptual work (intersecting lines &#8211; the spirit).<br>-Texture contrast between asperity of the mater and smooth appearance of the geometric pieces.<br>&#8211; Tonality contrast between black charcoal and white geometric shapes.<br>&#8211; Brightness contrast between elements in dark and those in  light.<br>Light is a medium in its own right, playing a role in the works of the F Series, embodying the link between the material and the spiritual, the instinctive and the cognitive. It never appears directly to the eye, but is situated \u201cbetween\u201d the elements, creating a vibration like an energy specific to the painting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:126px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Works on Paper<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-08c01c1c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/43-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-49481041\"><em>Without title &#8211; Charcoal on Paper<\/em> <em>ARCHES\u00ae &#8211; 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-119bc444 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-543\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/12-scaled-e1761831391448.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center ticss-0a52357d\"><em><em>Without title &#8211; Charcoal on Paper<\/em> ARCHES\u00ae &#8211; 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ticss-a87fc398 has-small-font-size\">From these minimalist works, composed of small particles of matter (charcoal, oxidised metal, pigments) scattered and fixed onto the sheet (ARCHES\u00ae paper), a sense of light seems to emerge. These latest creations born in <strong>2023<\/strong>, represents a new direction in the artist&rsquo;s desire to move towards work ever more refined, while remaining faithful to the focus of his research, namely, seeking out the essence of life beyond existence. These works retain the random random drawing spirit of fire imprints from the F Series works, as well as their vibrating appearance achieved through LEDs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-plain","meta":{"postBodyCss":"","postBodyMargin":[],"postBodyPadding":[],"postBodyBackground":{"backgroundType":"classic","gradient":""},"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1733,"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/1733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ericberidon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}