oiseauperdu

ANDREA BOSCARDIN

L’OISEAU PERDU | 2021~2023

“Ce que tu cherches, te cherches aussi ”

(– Suzanne Husky)

"L’Oiseau perdu" (the missing bird) is a project of the photographer Andrea Boscardin who starts from his refuge located in the Liguria’s mountains (Italy) searching for an imaginary bird missing in a mysterious forest.
We are in the middle of the Anthropocene* epoch and the artist invites us, with his work-investigation, to follow him on his journey-research immersed in Nature.

The goal is to get lost in order to find ourselves again, and to reflect about the delicate, fragile and sometimes « missed » relationship between human beings and Nature.
Combining a naturalist approach with a very mixed-media artistic practice, the artist opens us the doors to a delicate, discreet and fragile universe made by feathers et forest surrounded by a mysterious mist.

Can a man, without landmarks but with curiosity, sensitive and respectful, finally find his place, find himself, find the Bird?

In a world increasingly disrupted by changes (climatic among others) and dangers linked to development, human beings sometimes struggle to find a place in harmony with the earth and nature which has always inhabited it.

In this context, the artist entering into a responsible process and inviting us to think about this relationship between man and nature, and also about their coexistence that has become complicated but which is inevitably necessary for life.

Started in 2014, the work in progress Of Hunting and Nature is a set of artworks : books, exhibitions, installations, whom the new chapter “The missing Bird” is part of.

*Anthropocene is a geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth's geology and ecosystem, including climate change.

See more about the book HERE

See more about the exhibition in Tokyo HERE

See more about the project HERE