The singularity of Henri Beaufour lies in the fact that he proposes, through portraiture, a different vision of beauty than what we are accustomed to, outside the realm of academicism or anti-academicism. His sculptures exhibit incredible freedom, a distortion of both the matter and the portrayed subject, emerging from literary, philosophical, and artistic memories mixed with elements drawn from reality. The artist brings forth an indispensable truth, a state of being that reaches the apex of unparalleled expressionism.
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