Painting from a photograph seemed to me the most unartistic thing that anyone could do.”
Until September the 24th 2012, the Centre Pompidou pays tribute to Gerhard Richter, one of the great figures of contemporary painting.

11.09.2012[ read full story ]

Lucie and Simon recently unveiled their impressive new series, "Silent world", which they have been working on, with patience and discretion, for the last three years. 
We already presented the series last April, here is the video.

11.09.2012[ read full story ]

Claudia Imbert is an artist who works in both still photography and films. Her film works are cinematic experiences indicating her prerequisite technical understanding of the format of film only obtained through formal training and experience. Imbert started her career in feature film which...

21.06.2012[ read full story ]

Every year in Europe, from France to Bulgaria, Finland to Sardinia, Portugal to Greece including Switzerland and Germany, men literally transform into “beasts” for a multi-secular masquerade. Metamorphosed as bears, goats, deer or wild boar, strawmen, devils or steel jawed monsters, thes...

21.06.2012[ read full story ]

"While perusing Google Maps, I noticed a huge circle 30km to the east of Paris. It was actually the ring road surrounding Eurodisney, which got me wondering if Disney had an influence on the environment beyond its circle. Getting there, I was surprised to see to what extent th...

21.06.2012[ read full story ]

"For several years, I have been working on coastal pictures around the world, from France to Australia to New Caledonia. These most unusual places bordering on the horizon, water and space. I love transmitting the simple and the pure, light and air. I am connecting with my early years. I breathe.

21.06.2012[ read full story ]

Between 2004 and 2007 Martin Hyers and Will Mebane made a series of road trips through the American South, West and East to create a photographic archive of objects. The project, titled "Empire", yielded more than 9000 photographs captured in twenty-five states. Using two hand-held 4x5 view ca...

21.06.2012[ read full story ]

Matthew Brandt creates his prints using physical elements from the site. Inspired by landscape photography of the American West – especially its correlation to the methods of printing and making images during photography’s infancy in the mid-nineteenth century – the artist rev...

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"These staged images have theatrical atmospheres, complex arrangements, and various art-historical references; human suffering has always been a prominent subject in art. The heroes in these pictures are girls who often adopt traditionally male roles such as Jesus or Abraham, sy...

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Born 38 years ago in Madrid, Eugenio Recuenco is one of the most important Spanish photographers on the international scene. With a master’s gift for chiaroscuro, Recuenco is considered the spiritual heir to Goya, El Greco and above all Zurbarán.

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