Born into obscurity, Bernard Szajner remained a secret for a long time. If his existence began like a metaphor for Plato’s cave (the artist was hidden at birth in a cellar during the Nazi occupation), Bernard Szajner, born with the nickname Wolf, says it is very much light which lead him towards the world.
This artificial light, coming from an electric bulb, was to haunt his entire work, from Visions of Dune (1979) to Brute Reason (1983) to his current efforts. It is clear that this miniscule light which dazzled Szajner during the Occupation came to acquire a capital importance for this bright spark who was to become a formidable self-taught creator. This instantaneous passage from darkness into illumination is the key to his worldview.
