The first international fair dedicated to the photographic medium
New curatorial directions highlighting major figures in contemporary photography, as well as a dialogue between past and present through the juxtaposition of vintage works with pieces by current artists who are constantly pushing the boundaries of the discipline, characterize this highly anticipated new edition of Paris Photo (the last one at the Grand Palais Éphémère before its return to the historic Grand Palais).
No fewer than 180 galleries and publishers from 26 countries are gathered this year and divided into four sectors. The main sector brings together the most representative artists of contemporary photography, from Zanele Muholi at Yancey Richardson's (New York) Senta Simond at Webber (London).
The Curiosa sector, which highlights the various contemporary photography practicesFrom documentary to performance, it presents 17 artists participating in the fair for the first time, including the photographer-visual artist Ilanit Illouz at Fisheye (Paris) having received the Louis Roederer Discovery Prize at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2021 for his fossilized images, crystallized by the salt of the Dead Sea, or Constance New represented by the In Situ gallery (Romainville), Rebekka Deubner at Jörg Brockmann's (Carouge, Switzerland) and Ronghui Chen (Up, Taiwan).
A true hub of activity at the fair, the Publishing sector hosts 35 exhibitors this year. Finally, a new digital sector showcases a selection of galleries or "curated platforms" presenting artists who integrate digital practices into their work.
Among the many solo and duo shows in the main section, one can mention an exploration of the 1970s photojournal with the Daily Self-Portraits de Melissa Shook and 365 / Diary de Ken Ohara shown by La Patinoire Royale de Bruxelles and Miyako Yoshinaga de Tokyo.
Presented jointly by Jean-Kenta Gauthier (Paris) and the Hans P. Kraus Jr. Historical Photography Gallery (New York), Is the Future in the Past ("Is the future in the past?") presents a juxtaposition of 19th-century photographs.e and XXe centuries and contemporary works. Finally, one cannot miss, at Howard Greenberg (New York), a selection of the greatest photographers of the 20th century.e century, of Brassai à Diane Arbus via Saul Leiter.
In the Curiosa section dedicated to emerging photography, we should mention, among a rich selection, the digitally manipulated family archive images of the French artist of Vietnamese origin. Nhu Xuan Hua at the Anne-Laure Buffard Gallery (Paris). A work on disappearance that echoes the strange elliptical photographic reproductions of Jonathan Rosić presented by Archiraar Gallery (Brussels) (see Acumen # 33).
Paris Photo
Grand Palais Éphémère, Paris 7e
From 9/12 to 2023/XNUMX
AND ALSO
Approach – The exhibition dedicated to experimentation with the photographic medium
The Molière
40, rue de Richelieu, Paris 1er
From 9/12 to 2023/XNUMX
Photo Days
From museums to galleries in Paris and the Île-de-France region
From November 3 to 3 December 2023
Among the exhibitions: Costanza Gastaldi at the PGR workshop – 1, villa Gaudelet, Paris 11e (atelierpgr.com) until November 24th, and Olivia Bee at the National Dance Centre – 1, rue Victor Hugo, Pantin (cnd.fr) until December 16.
AND STILL
"Body to body. History(ies) of photography"
Centre Pompidou
Until March 25, 2024