A portrait of David Bowie made out of junk by Bernard Pas.
French painter, photographer, and sculptor Bernard Pras has been creating pictures out of everyday objects such as toys, wood, clothing and whatever else he happened to come across for over two decades. Many of the finished products are remarkable portraits of some of the world’s most famous faces such as David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Bruce Lee and Jack Nicholson as “Jack Torrance” from The Shining.
Pras is very discerning when it comes to the selection process for his individual pieces—and it is that thought process that helps the the dexterous artist create a sense of life in his elaborate portraits and other works comprised of objects that he perhaps collected from Goodwill bargain bins filled with doll parts, bits of clothing and even food. I’ve included a nice selection of Pras’ portraits, one of which is quite NSFW which you can see at the very end of this post.
Jack Nicholson as his character “Jack Torrance” from ‘The Shining.’
Jimi Hendrix, 2000.
Salvador Dail, 2004.
Bob Marley, 2010.
Serge Gainsbourg, 2014.
“Dracula” (which appears to be modeled after the great Christopher Lee) 2007.
Andy Warhol, 2014.
Mick Jagger, 2010.
Albert Einstein, 2001.
Che Guevara, 1999.
The album cover to The Beatles 1967 album, ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.’
French exotic dancer and porn star Lolo Ferrari, 2001.
‘Origin of the World’ 2009.
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Disturbingly beautiful sculptures created with discarded doll parts
Found objects: Going gaga over Jason Mecier’s ‘junky’ celebrity portraiture
Humans shellacked in junk food for monstrously sloppy portrait series
Man found on floor surrounded by junk food after call to 911 for being ‘too high’