The first monograph devoted to Gilles Barbier.
Pierre Sterckx (1936–2015) is the author of numerous books, including Le devenir-cochon de Wim Delvoye. An art critic, he contributed to several magazines, including Beaux-Arts magazine.
Born 1965 in Vanuatu, Gilles Barbier lives and works in Marseille. Developed around narrative forms and with an improbable cosmology, his work borrows its structures and themes from numerous cultural spheres.