PAINTINGS
NO. 37 TO 48

SIXTIES FANTASIES
PRODUCTION

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OF THE PAINTINGS

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They cannot reproduce the colours, materials and surface relief of the original works with absolute accuracy.

THE SIXTIES FANTASIES
PRODUCTION

THREE PAINTINGS
FROM THE
PASSION SACHS SERIES

The corners of the paintings in the PASSION SACHS series feature small hollow or solid dots, either white or black depending on the painting.

These graphic symbols visually represent the digits 0 and 1 of binary code, allowing messages to be encrypted using the CODE BACH® process.

These messages refer to the romantic relationship between Brigitte Bardot and Gunter Sachs in the late 1960s, as well as to Jean-Luc Godard’s film Le Mépris (Contempt), with Brigitte Bardot in the leading female role.

THREE PAINTINGS
FROM THE
WEDDING IN LAS VEGAS SERIES

The sides and lower part of each painting in the WEDDING IN LAS VEGAS series also feature small hollow or solid dots representing messages encrypted using the CODE BACH® process.

These messages relate to the particular circumstances surrounding Gunter Sachs and Brigitte Bardot’s wedding in Las Vegas on 14 July 1966.

TWO PAINTINGS
FROM THE
INITIALS BB SERIES

Each painting in the INITIALS BB series is engraved with numerous letters B forming Brigitte Bardot’s initials, BB. The letters appear in four orientations: normally or mirror-reversed, with the base either at the bottom or at the top.

These four orientations, together with the paired letters BB, allow messages to be encrypted that relate directly to the lyrics of Initials B.B., composed by Serge Gainsbourg shortly after his break-up with the actress in 1968.

TWO PAINTINGS
FROM THE
HIT PARADE SIXTIES SERIES

At the centre of each painting in the HIT PARADE SIXTIES series is a miniature model of a Solex moped, a symbol of the social and sexual freedom and youth emancipation of the Sixties, memorably embodied by Brigitte Bardot in music videos.

Fragments of encrypted messages appear in the four corners of the paintings, continuing from one painting to the next throughout the series of twelve works.

These messages refer to Jane Birkin’s arrival in Serge Gainsbourg’s life following his break-up with Brigitte Bardot.

TWO PAINTINGS
FROM THE
GAME OVER SERIES

The paintings in the GAME OVER series contain messages encrypted using CODE BACH®, notably through holes of different diameters.

These messages include excerpts from the lyrics of Serge Gainsbourg’s famous song Le Poinçonneur des lilas:

Des p’tits trous,
des p’tits trous,
encore des p’tits trous.

English translation:

Little holes,
little holes,
more little holes.

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