Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

Yellow Iguana, Galapagos

Autumn

Swiss Artist Simon Berger Crafts Ethereal Portraits from Shattered Glass

Swiss artist Simon Berger creates stunning glass portraits by transforming the act of shattering glass into an art form.

Photo: Mike Sommer

Artist “Draws” Stunning Portraits by Steadily Cracking Glass

While most of us take care not to break glass, artist Simon Berger has made a career out of doing just that. By carefully hammering pieces of glass, he uses this fragile material like a sheet of paper for his incredibly life-like portraits.

Photo: Laura Scatena

Photo: Francesco Allegretto

Artist “Draws” Stunning Portraits by Steadily Cracking Glass

While most of us take care not to break glass, artist Simon Berger has made a career out of doing just that. By carefully hammering pieces of glass, he uses this fragile material like a sheet of paper for his incredibly life-like portraits.

Photo: Laura Scatena

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Simon Berger Reverberation Solo Exhibition at Atelier Richelieu.

During Paris Photo week, just like Paris Fashion week, the city is filled with art exhibitions.

I was so thrilled to finally see Simon Berger art in situ. I found him thru social media in 2020 because he had done a piece in Grenoble and I loved his work. He reminded me of another of my all time favorite artist, Vhils. One breaks glass with a hammer, the other one carves concrete with a jackhammer.

What I like about this exhibitions around town, on top of seeing art, is that I get to find amazing buildings too. Atelier Richelieu was such a great place full of light to showcase those pieces.

Also a special note to Benjamin and Stephanie from Agence DS who were a delight to talk to. Telling us for example that Simon Berger started by accident when his windshield broke in 2019 (so not long before I found out about his art) and he started to experiment. We talked about different artists (they also represent Vhils); art scene can be overwhelming and quite snobbish sometimes but I had the best time there both times.

On a side note it was also bring your hubby to art exhibition weekend (I had to go back and show him) 😂