• Design
  • Art
  • Fashion
  • Experiential Tech
  • Life
  • Editor’s Letter___
  • Connect___

Fictions: A Poetic Vision

United by their poetic vision of a reality staged and transformed by photography, Duane Michals, Arthur Tress and Juliette Bass have come together in a group exhibition titled Fictions at Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.

Each artist holds a unique approach to photography, style and visual language, yet each has woven an eccentric subject matter into their work.

Since the 1960s Michals’ work has been defined by a combination of text and photography. The American artist, who describes himself as “writer of photography”, tells stories within his photographs. Utilising found images, Michals assumes the role of a painter, manipulating their surface with collage and text to construct a new vision.

Tress’ and Bates’ images both evoke a more serious visual language. Tress uses a documentary style of photography to create dreamlike and subversive images, revealing a strangeness that he describes as “magical realism”. Bates’ series Histoires Naturelles questions the fragility of the human condition and our relationship to nature with images featuring taxidermy. The images are a strange fairytale where photography – like the art of taxidermy – attempts to preserve the passing of time.

Fictions is on display from Wednesday 23 April until Saturday 12 July 2014 at Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.

www.ewgalerie.com

—

Subscribe to fluoroNotice for advanced news into a world where art, fashion, architecture, history and innovation come together.

Sat 19 Apr 14

  • Archive
  • Art
Share

Arthur Tress – Duane Michals – Exhibition – France – Juliette Bass – Paris – Photography

Related articles
  • ANABELLE LACROIX___ CURATOR AND WRITER
    ANABELLE LACROIX___ CURATOR AND WRITER

    
Anabelle Lacroix, a French Australian curator and writer, engages with the intersections of curating, writing, and public programming, focusing on performance, sound, and speech. Currently

  • STEPHAN BREUER___ ARTIST
    STEPHAN BREUER___ ARTIST

    His artistic process is radical, existing in the digital, intellectual, and sensorial realms. By utilising technology, Breuer projects his mind and dematerialises the creative process, resulting in a visual language that is incredibly light and ethereal.

  • RADICAL UTOPIA___ AN ARCHEOLOGY OF A CREATIVE CITY
    RADICAL UTOPIA___ AN ARCHEOLOGY OF A CREATIVE CITY

    In the late 1970s and in the ‘80s, Melbourne, Australia was being transformed – in architecture, fashion, contemporary jewellery and the decorative arts.

  • IO VAN OOSTVELDT___ ARTIST
    IO VAN OOSTVELDT___ ARTIST

    Belgian artist IO Van Oostveldt, a student of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp developed a fascination for geometric shapes and innovative techniques that would become the foundation of her unique artistic vision. This exhibition brings insight into her multisided, creative world.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

HTML tags are not allowed.

151,724 Spambots Blocked by Simple Comments

Teenage Runners, New York City, 1975. © Arthur Tress, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff.
Launch gallery
Tempus Fugit, 2011. © Juliette Bates, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Glass Head on Beach, 1971.© Arthur Tress, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Boy with Root Hands, NY, 1971. © Arthur Tress, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Owl on Road, Big Thicket, Texas, 1975. © Arthur Tress, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Présage I, 2011. © Juliette Bates, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Etretat I, 2011. © Juliette Bates, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. A young Proust dressed as an American Indian. © Duane Michals, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Guillaume Apollinaire. © Duane Michals, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff. Voltaire. © Duane Michals, courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff.
© HM Group (Aus) Pty Ltd 2023
  • Editor’s Letter___
  • Subscribe___
  • Connect___
  • Disclaimer___
  • See
  • Hear
  • Taste
  • Smell
  • Touch
  • Qi
  • fluoroShop - Coming Soon
  • Keyword search
  • All country tags
  • All brand tags
  • Editor’s Letter___
  • Subscribe___
  • Connect___
  • Disclaimer___