This edition, which comes after a pandemic and which has seen the multiplication of catastrophes linked to global warming, is aware of being part of a society that is corroded from a material and spiritual point of view. Nevertheless, it studies the relationship between man-environment-cosmos, fantasising about the possibility of subverting the known imaginary.
Ilaria Turba, Thea, Plan d’Aou, 2019, Marseille, from the Yearning to see far serie. (MUCEM, Marseille)
Chow and Lin, Myanmar, Yangon, August 2016 - from the series “The Poverty Line” (LE JARDIN DES VOYAGEURS)
Stéphan Gladieu, North Koreans Portraits, North Korea, Pyongyang, October 2017 / (LE JARDIN D'ÉTÉ)
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Fundamental aspects of the representation consist in the body’s ability to manifest itself, its property of being seen and the possibility of being interpreted. In Pieter Hugo’s Being Present at the Palais De L'Archevêché, the subjects are literally exposed, the collection of traditional portraits follows a dual principle: within a Lombrosian cataloguing, the deep humanity of the relationship between photographer and subject emerges, infinitely multiplied by a reciprocity of gazes.
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Aline Motta, (Other) Foundations, #3, 2017-2019
The body is the fibre that filters the rest of the world, it is an instrument of denunciation, it decodes language through gesture. Rethink Everything (Espace Van Gogh) is a title and a mantra that focuses on the body as a political means of claiming, it questions the concept of property and the role of feminism in capitalism.
Graciela Sacco, Untitled, from the Bocanada series, 1993
Liliana Maresca, Untitled. Liliana Maresca and her artworks, 1983. Photograph by Marcos López
Santiago Porter, Evita, from the Bruma II series, 2008. Exhibition at ESPACE VAN GOGH
Adi Nes, Untitled, from the Soldiers series, 1999- Courtesy of the artist and Praz-Delavallade Paris, Los Angeles
Beauty and gender and ethnic identity are the themes that contribute to the creation of a more proper collective imaginary. Masculinities (La Mécanique Générale) is a collection of works realised by leading figures of photography, cinema and performing arts, which re-examines the codes of masculinity from an anthropological, social and political perspective. Queer identity, patriarchy, hyper-masculinity, submission, tenderness, extension of the body beyond stereotypes. Do men cry? What is the identikit of the perfect man according to men and what according to women?
Adi Nes, Untitled, from the Soldiers series, 1999 Courtesy of the artist
Sam Contis, Seed-Sower from Deep Springs series
Peter Hujar, Orgasmic Man. 1969
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972/1997
Hans Eijkelboom “The Ideal Man” (1978) - LA MÉCANIQUE GÉNÉRALE
Dana Scruggs, Nyadhour, Elevated, Death Valley, California, 2019
On the contrary, the matter of the representation is addressed by giving voice to the real protagonists of the diaspora who celebrate the black body with the aim of writing a new collective memory. The artists of The new black vanguard (Église Sainte-Anne) come from different disciplines and already make their practice a form of activism.
Stephen Tayo
Nxedlana Late Leisure We Are Data Mines scaled
Adrienne Raquel - A Modern Michelangelo, Yosemite Valley, California, 2018
Awol Erizku from Chippi Chippi 2018
Arielle Bobb Willis / ÉGLISE SAINTE-ANNE
Zora J Murff, Cross, from the At No Point in Between series, 2019- Courtesy the artist and Webber Gallery, London
Against the trauma of systemic racism that still affects our societies, making us witnesses of crimes and accomplices of injustice, Zora J Murff, At No Point in Between, gives voice to the “invisible” by denouncing the reality of African-Americans in the North Omaha district of Nebraska. (Part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award and the selection of artists presented by Webber Gallery - London, New York, USA at the Église Des Frères Prêcheurs).
Zora J Murff, from the At No Point in Between series, 2019- Courtesy the artist and Webber Gallery, London
Ilanit Illouz, Salt, The Sinkholes series, 2016–2021
Ilanit Illouz, Salt, The Sinkholes series, 2016–2021 /ÉGLISE DES FRÈRES PRÊCHEURS
29 SMITH - Spectrographies, 2012
Daniel Reuter, Untitled, from the Providencia series, 2019
Daniel Reuter_from the Providencia series, 2019
27e Lisa Kohl, from the Shelter series, Los Angeles, United States, 2019 - CHAPELLE DE LA CHARITÉ
Zora J Murff, Jerrod and Junior (talking about fatherhood), from the At No Point in Between series, 2019 ÉGLISE DES FRÈRES PRÊCHEURS
SMITH, Untitled, from the Desideration series, 2000-2021
Smith’s Desideration, set on the upper floor of the shopping warehouse of a Monoprix department store, is an exhibition made of installations, images that become sculpture, where printing supports such as metals and plastics become living matter and reinforce the narrative. Through the character of Anamanda Sîn, Smith gives life to new myths that live in the extra-terrestrial dimension of dreams.
SMITH, Untitled, from the Desideration series, 2000-2021 - MONOPRIX
Advertising poster for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, by Jacques Touchet, 1930
Orient Express & Co, also at Espace Van Gogh, is an example of a colossal and exemplary research work that brings together various archive materials including maps, illustrations, photos, sometimes even recovered from former employees of the International Sleeping-Car Company. If you want to retrace the history of the first, most luxurious train journey from Paris to Constantinople, the exhibition tells the story of its inception, the diplomatic ideas, the variety of businesses involved, the geographical areas of intersection of the railway lines, and the iconic characters who helped promulgate its image through film and advertising.
International Sleeping-Car Company
Sleeping and dining cars being built at the Mashinen und Waggonbaufabrik in Vienna-Simmering. Photo Wilhelm Wagner, Atelier für industrielle und technische, 1930
The International Sleeping-Car Company travel agency in Brussels, 1900
Sophia Loren on the Etoile du nord train
From Brussels to Paris for the french release of Dino Risi's film Scandal in Sorrento
This edition, which comes after a pandemic and which has seen the multiplication of catastrophes linked to global warming, is aware of being part of a society that is corroded from a material and spiritual point of view. Nevertheless, it studies the relationship between man-environment-cosmos, fantasising about the possibility of subverting the known imaginary.
Ilaria Turba, Thea, Plan d’Aou, 2019, Marseille, from the Yearning to see far serie. (MUCEM, Marseille)
Chow and Lin, Myanmar, Yangon, August 2016 - from the series “The Poverty Line” (LE JARDIN DES VOYAGEURS)
Stéphan Gladieu, North Koreans Portraits, North Korea, Pyongyang, October 2017 / (LE JARDIN D'ÉTÉ)
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Fundamental aspects of the representation consist in the body’s ability to manifest itself, its property of being seen and the possibility of being interpreted. In Pieter Hugo’s Being Present at the Palais De L'Archevêché, the subjects are literally exposed, the collection of traditional portraits follows a dual principle: within a Lombrosian cataloguing, the deep humanity of the relationship between photographer and subject emerges, infinitely multiplied by a reciprocity of gazes.
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Pieter Hugo, Alexandra, London, 2020, from the Solus series. Courtesy of the artist / on show at PALAIS DE L'ARCHEVÊCHÉ until September 26
Aline Motta, (Other) Foundations, #3, 2017-2019
The body is the fibre that filters the rest of the world, it is an instrument of denunciation, it decodes language through gesture. Rethink Everything (Espace Van Gogh) is a title and a mantra that focuses on the body as a political means of claiming, it questions the concept of property and the role of feminism in capitalism.
Graciela Sacco, Untitled, from the Bocanada series, 1993
Liliana Maresca, Untitled. Liliana Maresca and her artworks, 1983. Photograph by Marcos López
Santiago Porter, Evita, from the Bruma II series, 2008. Exhibition at ESPACE VAN GOGH
Adi Nes, Untitled, from the Soldiers series, 1999- Courtesy of the artist and Praz-Delavallade Paris, Los Angeles
Beauty and gender and ethnic identity are the themes that contribute to the creation of a more proper collective imaginary. Masculinities (La Mécanique Générale) is a collection of works realised by leading figures of photography, cinema and performing arts, which re-examines the codes of masculinity from an anthropological, social and political perspective. Queer identity, patriarchy, hyper-masculinity, submission, tenderness, extension of the body beyond stereotypes. Do men cry? What is the identikit of the perfect man according to men and what according to women?
Adi Nes, Untitled, from the Soldiers series, 1999 Courtesy of the artist
Sam Contis, Seed-Sower from Deep Springs series
Peter Hujar, Orgasmic Man. 1969
Ana Mendieta, Untitled (Facial Hair Transplants), 1972/1997
Hans Eijkelboom “The Ideal Man” (1978) - LA MÉCANIQUE GÉNÉRALE
Dana Scruggs, Nyadhour, Elevated, Death Valley, California, 2019
On the contrary, the matter of the representation is addressed by giving voice to the real protagonists of the diaspora who celebrate the black body with the aim of writing a new collective memory. The artists of The new black vanguard (Église Sainte-Anne) come from different disciplines and already make their practice a form of activism.
Stephen Tayo
Nxedlana Late Leisure We Are Data Mines scaled
Adrienne Raquel - A Modern Michelangelo, Yosemite Valley, California, 2018
Awol Erizku from Chippi Chippi 2018
Arielle Bobb Willis / ÉGLISE SAINTE-ANNE
Zora J Murff, Cross, from the At No Point in Between series, 2019- Courtesy the artist and Webber Gallery, London
Against the trauma of systemic racism that still affects our societies, making us witnesses of crimes and accomplices of injustice, Zora J Murff, At No Point in Between, gives voice to the “invisible” by denouncing the reality of African-Americans in the North Omaha district of Nebraska. (Part of the Louis Roederer Discovery Award and the selection of artists presented by Webber Gallery - London, New York, USA at the Église Des Frères Prêcheurs).
Zora J Murff, from the At No Point in Between series, 2019- Courtesy the artist and Webber Gallery, London
Ilanit Illouz, Salt, The Sinkholes series, 2016–2021
Ilanit Illouz, Salt, The Sinkholes series, 2016–2021 /ÉGLISE DES FRÈRES PRÊCHEURS
29 SMITH - Spectrographies, 2012
Daniel Reuter, Untitled, from the Providencia series, 2019
Daniel Reuter_from the Providencia series, 2019
27e Lisa Kohl, from the Shelter series, Los Angeles, United States, 2019 - CHAPELLE DE LA CHARITÉ
Zora J Murff, Jerrod and Junior (talking about fatherhood), from the At No Point in Between series, 2019 ÉGLISE DES FRÈRES PRÊCHEURS
SMITH, Untitled, from the Desideration series, 2000-2021
Smith’s Desideration, set on the upper floor of the shopping warehouse of a Monoprix department store, is an exhibition made of installations, images that become sculpture, where printing supports such as metals and plastics become living matter and reinforce the narrative. Through the character of Anamanda Sîn, Smith gives life to new myths that live in the extra-terrestrial dimension of dreams.
SMITH, Untitled, from the Desideration series, 2000-2021 - MONOPRIX
Advertising poster for the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, by Jacques Touchet, 1930
Orient Express & Co, also at Espace Van Gogh, is an example of a colossal and exemplary research work that brings together various archive materials including maps, illustrations, photos, sometimes even recovered from former employees of the International Sleeping-Car Company. If you want to retrace the history of the first, most luxurious train journey from Paris to Constantinople, the exhibition tells the story of its inception, the diplomatic ideas, the variety of businesses involved, the geographical areas of intersection of the railway lines, and the iconic characters who helped promulgate its image through film and advertising.
International Sleeping-Car Company
Sleeping and dining cars being built at the Mashinen und Waggonbaufabrik in Vienna-Simmering. Photo Wilhelm Wagner, Atelier für industrielle und technische, 1930
The International Sleeping-Car Company travel agency in Brussels, 1900
Sophia Loren on the Etoile du nord train
From Brussels to Paris for the french release of Dino Risi's film Scandal in Sorrento
Generally, a week is an ideal time to visit Arles and its photography festival, which celebrated its first half-century of activity two years ago. Not just any week, but the first one, because Arles is a small community as well. Taking advantage of exhibitions, talks, presentations and parties, portfolio reviews with well-known photo-editors and curators, many enthusiasts and professionals meet every year. On the opening days, it is possible to meet famous artists who live far away or colleagues with whom one usually keeps in touch via social networks only.
It was unclear how Europe’s most important photography festival would be organised, after the missed 2020 edition and restrictions. This year’s edition, although in a light version, is in no way inferior to previous editions: the exhibitions are set up as always in the historic architecture of the city, gardens, churches and museums. All the exhibitions can be visited without waiting, just by wearing a mask. Beyond the ever-present archival exhibitions about the historical names of photography, tributes and re-readings, this year’s festival celebrates diversity, and explores in many different ways how the body performs in our societies, cultures and communities.
What is our existence “beyond gender and beyond borders”? This is the pending question since last year, Christoph Wiesner’s first year as artistic director of the festival, first at the helm of Paris Photo.
