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| Artist | Valérie Belin |
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| Opening |
July 1st, 2017 16:00 |
| Duration |
July 2rd - August 24th, 2017 |
| Address |
Shanghai Center of Photography (SCôP)， 2555-1 Longteng Avenue Xuhui District, Shanghai |
Primarily using the human form and its manmade and virtual representations, French artist Valérie Belin explores the materiality of matter. A central theme is her work is the boundary between reality and illusion; where, in our perception, in our habit of seeing and understanding, does this boundary lie?
In approach, Belin makes deft use of light, detail, texture and color. She works in series, and a form of “photography” that requires skills at digital manipulation as well as sensitivity to the physical material used for the final work itself: the individual pieces are never simple reproductions. Additionally, scale is used for its proportional relation to the viewer, and so that every detail, every element of the illusion is laid bare for our perusal.
The recent series All Star explores illusion as a form of self-delusion: the conformist image of perfect beauty, of a fashion model or celebrity, seen as superheroines. This is just one example of how Belin juxtaposes multiple elements within a single frame to enhance and confuse the focus upon their subject. The artifice of the process is intended to produce an ultramodern image that aims at being a “meta-cliché”, hence the title of this exhibition, which the artist defines as a cliché designed to transcend cliché.
About the Artist
Valérie Belin｜Autoportrait｜2010 Courtesy Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
Paris-based French photographic artist Valérie Belin was awarded the Prix Pictet in 2015. Her work has been the subject of two retrospectives, one, in 2008, at the Centre for European Photography (MEP), Paris; the second at the Pompidou Centre, also in Paris， in 2015. Her works are found in the collections of numerous major museum collections, including MOMA New York, the Pompidou Centre, Paris, and LACMA in Los Angeles.
Power Girl (All Star series) 2016 Pigment print, mounted on Dibond, non-glare glass 177 x 134 x 4.8 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
Still life with pearls 2014 Pigment print on Enhanced Epson paper 135 x 171 x 6 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
Untitled (Lido series) 2007 Gelatin silver print 162 x 130 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
Bugatti Type 46, 1934 2008 Pigment print 100 x 126 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
Untitled (Bouquets Series) 2008 UV jet inks on pure cotton paper 155 x 122 cm Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels
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