Autoprotraits by Julien Salaud
Through his practice Julien Salaud questions the links, forces and symbolism that unite man with nature. He is equally interested in the survival of animal and plant species that are currently disappearing and in the manufacture of celestial creatures, chimera formed from birds and insects. Therefore he composes a magic bestiary – that allows us to confront a return to the powerful and mysterious reign of animals. In the artist’s own words, each of his works offers “a different point of view regarding what an animal can be (that of the Cartesian or the geneticist, the predator or the prey, the sorcerer or the mystic)”.