{"product_id":"wilder-mann-ou-la-figure-du-sauvage-charles-freger","title":"WILDER MANN OR THE FIGURE OF THE SAVAGE - CHARLES FRÉGER - 2012","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Wilder Mann, or, The Figure of the Wild\" by Charles Fréger\u003c\/strong\u003e is a photographic slap in the face. This book reminds us, with raw beauty, that our way of life and our freedom are rooted in \u003cstrong\u003ethese traditions that bind Man to the earth\u003c\/strong\u003e, here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhile the collective imagination often associates masked rituals and ancestral costumes with ancient and distant cultures (Africa, Asia, the Americas), the work of Charles Fréger is a revelation: it proves to us with staggering force that \u003cstrong\u003ethis mythological \"wildness\" and these spectacular pagan traditions are deeply rooted in \u003ci\u003eour\u003c\/i\u003e own European history and folklore\u003c\/strong\u003e and continue to be embodied, right next door, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003efrom France to the Balkans!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFor two years (2010-2011), Fréger traveled through eighteen countries to immortalize men who, on the occasion of festivals linked to \u003cstrong\u003ethe cycle of the seasons, the fertility of the land, and the connection to wild nature, transform into half-man, half-beast creatures.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe men are photographed in their rural environments, dressed in archaic and spectacular costumes made of animal skins, furs, horns, bells, straw, or vegetation. From the Pyrenean bear to the Austrian Krampus, via the Bulgarian Babugeri, \u003cstrong\u003ethe work reveals a gallery of \"wild men\" who embody the forces of nature\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each portrait is both an anthropological study and a work of art, magnifying the raw beauty and richness of these little-known traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe characters are often incarnations of animals (bear, deer, goat) or forest spirits. The book recalls \u003cstrong\u003ethe ancestral importance of the balance between Man and his natural environment,\u003c\/strong\u003e where ritual figures serve to chase away winter, ensure abundance, and awaken nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e23 x 18 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of pages \u003c\/span\u003e: 272 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiography of Charles Freger\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e👇🏼👇🏼\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INTERART","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56545464975705,"sku":"MV-ITR-002","price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3270\/9877\/files\/WILDERMAN.jpg?v=1762425541","url":"https:\/\/magasinvivant.com\/en\/products\/wilder-mann-ou-la-figure-du-sauvage-charles-freger","provider":"MAGASIN VIVANT!","version":"1.0","type":"link"}