DORA JERIDI, Harmony out of chaos
Dora Jeridi, winner of the Emerige 2022 Révélations bursary, has just graduated from the Beaux-Arts de Paris where, after studying literature and two masters degrees in history, she studied under Djamel Tatah. She well deserves the exhibition just dedicated to her by Galerie Mor Charpentier 1: after her participation in the “Figurations, un autre art […]
FOCUS : YANG ZHICHAO, PLANTING GRASS
Photographic print (2023) from the eponymous performance in 2000 “The human being no longer sees himself as the centre, the decider and measure of all things, imposing his will on an inert nature. The work emerges from a symphony that aims to be both human and non-human.” This is how Guillaume Logé explains the concept […]
ARDAZAEI OU LA RENCONTRE ENTRE SOPHISTICATION ET DURABILITÉ
ArdAzAei, marque fondée en 2021, se distingue par son habileté à associer l’élégance, la durabilité, la tradition et l’innovation. En mélangeant l’héritage persan de la fondatrice, Bahareh Ardakani, le modernisme suédois et le savoir-faire français, la maison donne vie à des pièces luxueuses. Bien que la maison soit établie en Suède, les produits ArdAzAei sont […]
GUILLAUME BRESSON, De la chute
Exhibited since 2010 at Galerie Obadia, Guillaume Bresson is one of the leading figures in the hyperrealist figurative painting movement that has become so fashionable. Now based in New York, the French artist (b. 1982, Toulouse) returns with a virtuoso new series, more theatrical than ever. Against indeterminate black backdrops, stormy seas or baroque skies, […]
WENDELIEN DAAN, INTERROGER LE REGARD
La photographe néerlandaise questionne le spectateur avec ses atmosphères singulières qui jouent avec le bizarre et le cocasse, la lumière et les couleurs, l’abstraction et le surréalisme. Wendelien Daan multiplie les casquettes. Cette native d’Eindhoven aux Pays-Bas, aujourd’hui installée à Amsterdam, est photographe, artiste visuelle, directrice de création, directrice de la photographie et réalisatrice de […]
DIANE BENOIT DU REY , Optical vibrations
Irisation, Chroma, Vibration…, the chromatic palpitations of Diane Benoit du Rey’s canvases hypnotise us. In fact, it was under the title Hypnosis that her large-scale painted fabrics and sandblasted disk were displayed last autumn under the dome of the Espace Richaud in Versailles. Comprising fifty metres of painted hangings suspended between the coffered dome and […]
CHRISTIANE PESCHEK, THE BODY OF THE IMAGE
Multimedia artist Christiane Peschek constructs her environments as places of potential relations between organic and technological, human and artificial intelligence. From sound to smell, from object to image, her work plunges the public into a sensory confusion, starting with the visual confusion created by many of her digital images. In his latest exhibition, “Liminal Ghost”, […]
BARNABY WHITFIELD BEYOND THE VISIBLE
In his studio, imbued with a profound tranquillity, Barnaby Whitfield creates canvases that capture the essence of the human soul, weaving stories in colour and shadow. Each portrait, like a unique universe, reveals enigmas beneath his brushstrokes, expressing unspoken emotions and thoughts with exceptional sensitivity. My Bones To Blossom, Queer Splendour Presenting a rich introspection, […]
ROKSANDA MET LES FEMMES À L’HONNEUR
Originaire de Serbie, Roksanda Ilincic a émergé en tant que force majeure dans l’industrie de la mode londonienne. Après des études en architecture et arts appliqués à Belgrade, elle a ensuite obtenu une maîtrise en création de mode, prêt-à-porter féminin, à la Central Saint Martins. Il y a plus de dix ans, elle a fondé […]
A RESIDENCE DIVIDED INTO TWELVE BLOCKS IN MEXICO
For the past twelve years, Mexican studio Cherem Arquitectos has distinguished itself by its respect for sustainable materials and its management of natural light in the construction process. The approach of founders Abraham Cherem and Jose Antonio Aguilar focuses on “the synthesis and abstraction of ideas” to design lines and forms adapted to each of […]
TOMMASO SARTORI, ATMOSPHERE PHOTOGRAPHER
His shootings become veritable food for thought. This multidisciplinary Swiss photographer, born in Italy and based in Paris, creates fascinating stagings, transporting the viewer into extraordinary, parallel worlds. A graduate in visual communications from Milan, he explores the language of architecture, object and interior design, playing with light and shadow and variations of black and […]
INTO THE MONOCHROME, MINIMALIST WORLD OF NINA PAPIOREK
The German photographer combines architecture, urban landscape, geometric abstraction, line finality and street photography with rare skill. A minimalist global vision of another world, where black and white, its radical tonalities and shades of gray, transport the viewer into an aesthetic that is at once contemporary, futuristic and historical. “For me, black and white is […]
THE LOOP, A MARVELLOUS DIVE INTO THE HEART OF THE INDONESIAN FOREST
German architect Alexis Dornier has come up with a unique spiral-shaped creation that breaks away from architectural habits. “We’ve lived in boxes all our lives, and now we’re looking for the exact opposite. This is the simple yet profound brief Alexis Dornier was given for this villa in Indonesia. A real challenge, to which the […]
AMERICAN MODERNISM IN MAJESTY
Woods + Dangaran continues to sublimate the modernist soul of the American Western desert with its recent project in Utah. The residential designs of Woods + Dangaran, founded by Brett Woods and Joseph Dangaran, remain a feast for the eyes for lovers of modernist design and architecture in arid lands. Their first monograph (Éd. Rizzoli), […]
SUR LES ROUTES DU CINEMA, AN INVITATION TO TRAVEL
Halfway between a cinema book and a travel guide, Guillaume Evin’s “Sur Les Routes du Cinéma” (On the Roads of Cinema) covers nearly 400 pages of film locations and natural settings from several hundred films. The longest of all cinephile road-trips. Planning a trip to Havana? A chance to visit the filming locations of Laurent […]
RAUL GONZO, BETWEEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND CINEMA
The work of Californian and Latin American photographer and film-maker Raul Gonzo plunges us into a world of acid colours, sets, costumes and whimsical narratives. A cinematic universe strengthened over the years, just waiting to be explored. Director and photographer since 2010, Raul Gonzo works with colour and the illusion of a child constructing the […]
TARÈCK RAFFOUL, CAPTURER L’ENTRE-DEUX
Entre mode, édito et création plastique, le travail photographique de Tarèck Raffoul garde la même précision et la même originalité à travers les situations qu’il compose. Tarèck Raffoul est un jeune photographe, vidéaste et directeur artistique vivant en France mais dont le travail s’inscrit déjà dans un contexte international, collaborant avec quelques grandes marques et […]
THE STRANGE WORLD OF POOR CREATURES
After committing suicide, a young woman named Bella (Emma Stone) is brought back to life by Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Her brain replaced by that of an unborn child, she becomes entrenched in the life of a shrewd but debauched lawyer (Mark Ruffalo) and, by advocating her freedom, rediscovers the world. A strange, motley, […]
ANIMAL – AN ENDLESS SUMMER
The second feature from Greek director Sofia Exarchou, Animal paints an almost documentary-like portrait of a group of entertainers at a vacation resort. It’s summer at an all-inclusive resort on a Greek island. Backstage at the hotel, the performers are rehearsing: every evening, dance shows of various genres are offered to tourists. Animal recounts the […]
JACOB ELORDI, THE KING
He’s Elvis in Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla”. Portrait of a young actor discovered on platforms and on television, who is making his way in American auteur cinema. He hasn’t changed much since his iconic role as Nate, a high school soccer star with the look of an American Apollo in the series “Euphoria”. Just his voice […]
GREG KADEL OU LES VARIATIONS DE LA PERSONA FÉMININE
Ce photographe et réalisateur américain sublime les femmes dans ses mises en scène et ses portraits où se mêlent la mode et les beaux-arts entre sensualité, provocation et humour. « Classique avec une touche moderne ». Tel est le regard porté par l’industrie de la mode sur son puissant travail photographique. Ce natif de Pennsylvanie, […]
AZ FACTORY ANNONCE SON INVITÉE POUR LA PROCHAINE COLLECTION
AZ Factory s’associe à Jenny Hytönen pour son projet couture de janvier. Après avoir remporté le Grand Prix du jury Première vision et le Prix du public au festival de Hyères en 2022, la créatrice de mode finlandaise, établie à Paris, sera à la tête de la création. Le temps d’une saison, la jeune et […]
FOCUS : YANG ZHICHAO, PLANTING GRASS
Tirage photographique (2023) issu de la performance éponyme qui s’est déroulée en 2000 « L’être humain ne se pense plus au centre, décideur et mesure de toutes choses, imposant sa volonté à une nature inerte. L’œuvre émerge d’une symphonie qui se veut à la fois humaine et non-humaine. » C’est en ces termes que Guillaume Logé explique […]
SUR LES ROUTES DU CINÉMA, UNE INVITATION AU VOYAGE
À mi-chemin entre livre de cinéma et guide de voyage, Sur les routes du cinéma de Guillaume Evin rassemble, en près de 400 pages, lieux de tournage et décors naturels de plusieurs centaines de films. Le plus long des road trips cinéphile en perspective. Un voyage prévu à La Havane ? L’occasion de visiter les […]