Having consolidated his illustrious career in fashion photography, video and editorial, over the past few years LaChapelle has focused solely on his interest in fine art, producing acclaimed series such as Deluge and Jesus is My Homeboy (shown at R+V in 2008). The Rape of Africa continues his thinly veiled critique of western consumerism by making apparent its effects on the African continent through references to conquest and plunder, child soldiers, unethical gold and diamond mining, and the commodification of African beauty. Drawing on Sandro Botticelli’s iconic Venus and Mars (housed at the National Gallery, London) for inspiration, LaChapelle subverts an apparently glitzy, bold and glamorous image to give us a very disturbing reality.
The Rape of Africa will be exhibited alongside other important works inspired variously by models from art history to contemporary celebrity, as well as preparatory drawings for the main work, demonstrating the complexity of the artist’s process. Recent works such as The Birth of Venus, also inspired by Botticelli, and Fleurs du Mal, referencing Baudelaire’s ‘Flowers of Evil’, were shot on location in Hana, Hawaii, the artist’s home. The inspiration which the artist has found in the epic glory of the natural landscape is very clear and represents a departure from his previously more ‘styled’ work. The bucolic Garden of Eden landscapes sing with Arcadian simplicity and heighten the poetry of each image, creating a precious world of surprising emotional honesty. Yet at second glance we notice that cheeky little reminders of contemporary consumer society are scattered within. This inherent dialectic reinforces our understanding of LaChapelle’s preoccupation with using beauty and glamour to explore difficult or controversial subject matter, to dig deeper below the surface.
L’exposition « Le Monde comme il bouge » invite le public à explorer les univers d’artistes d’origines diverses. La Brasserie propose de réunir des œuvres sensibles aux bouleversements du monde. Les dérèglements d’origine économique, politique, culturelle, sociale ou climatique engagent ...
These photographs are a small selection from the first ten years of Erich Hartmann´s photographic career which began in l946 when he arrived in New York City after Army service on the battlefields of France and Belgium during World War II.
He never tired of walking the streets of New York, always with camera in hand a...
2012, année de Marilyn ! Pour célébrer cette femme d'exception, Olivier lorquin a sélectionné avec Bert Stern, l'auteur de "La dernière séance", un ensemble de photos qu'il est heureux de présenter à Banyuls-sur-mer.
L' AD-Galerie présente la collection de portraits du photographe Hiroshi Watanabe à partir du samedi 26 mai 2012.
Cinq portfolios consacrés au portrait constituent le thème de l'exposition d'Hiroshi Watanabe. Trois portfolios représentent un témoignage direct de...
Do you remember the first time ? features works by contemporary photographers Olivo Barbieri, Jim Goldberg, Nathan Harger, Adam Jeppesen and Paolo Ventura, presented for the first time in London exclusively at Atlas Gallery. Many of these exemplary contemporary artists have been exhibited internationally, and are included in museum and distinguished private collections worldwide, bu...
Neuf photographes, actuellement en troisième année d’étude de photographie dans une école d’arts appliqués – MJM Graphic Design – ont développé un projet personnel sur un an, en vue de cette exposition. Leur travail et la démarche d’accompagnement ont concouru vers un seul but :...
Organisée par le Conseil général des Bouches-du-Rhône, sous le commissariat de Véronique Baton, historienne d’art, et d’Agnès Barruol, conservatrice en chef du patrimoine, l’exposition « Se souvenir de la mer » se déroulera du 23 juin au 31 octobre 2012 au domaine départ...
La Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Cachan se déroule du 29 mai au 30 juin 2012. De nombreux artistes à découvrir autour du thème de l'altérité.
Le triptyque "Sortie Fauve" de Francesca Di Bonito a été sélectionné.
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