Organized by Sellita 150 / The Le Lieu gallery, the 19th Photographic Rencontres of Lorient will take place in various galleries and institutions throughout the region until December 11, 2011. They will host nine exhibitions, conferences, films and events revolving around photography and this year’s theme, "Traffic of Influence." According to exhibition curator Emmanuel Madec, the theme brings together works connected to “cinema, literature and / or painting."

Indeed, the exhibits of nine photographers (Laurence Aegerter, Eric Bouttier, Arno Gisinger, Harry Gruyaert, Frederick Lecloux, Philippe Lopparelli, Rondepierre Eric, Wanda and Ji Yeon Sung Skonieczny) contain explicit references to Georges de la Tour, Auguste Jean Ingres, Nicolas Bouvier, Walter Benjamin, Jean Simeon Chardin, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Arthur Rimbaud. With references to Michelangelo Antonioni, Hervé Guibert, Gerhard Richter and Franz Gertsch.

"These encounters with photography also offer provide visitors with the opportunity to (re) discover art history works and overcome the mental barriers that occasionally separate artistic mediums.

Bernard Perrine
Bernard.Perrine1@orange.fr

19th Photographic Rencontres

Sellita 150/Galerie Le Lieu - Lorient

Commissioners Marie Beatrice Madec and Emmanuel LeBerrigaud

Galerie Le Lieu

Maison de la Mer
Quai de Rohan
56100 Lorient
contact@galerielelieu.com
02 97 21 18 02

Exhibitions

Wanda Skonieczny
"Li (e) ns - Part 11"
Galerie Le Lieu
Maison de la Mer - Quai de Rohan - Lorient
Tues through Fri. 1pm - 6pm / Saturday and Sunday 3pm - 6pm

Laurence Aegerter,
"Museum Masterpieces"

Eric Bouttier
"DESPAYSEMENTS / d’ici"

Harry Gruyaert (Magnum Photos)
"Rivages"
Faouëdic Gallery
Place de l'Hôtel de Ville - Lorient
Tues through Sun 2pm - 7pm

Ji Yeon Sung
"In-Between"
Médiathèque
4, place François Mitterrand - Lorient
Monday, Tuesday, Friday, 1pm - 6:30pm / Wed and Sat 10am - 6pm

Arno Gisinger
"Konstellation Benjamin"
Ecole européenne supérieure d’art
de Bretagne - site de Lorient
1, avenue de Kergroise - Lorient
Mon thru Friday, 9am - 8pm / sat. 2pm - 6pm

Eric Rondepierre (Galerie RX)
"Suites et Fins"
Galerie Tal-Coat
Centre Culturel - Rue Gabriel Péri
Hennebont
Monday and Thurs 2pm - 6pm / Wed 10am - 12h/14h - 18h
Friday, 2pm - 6:30pm / Sat 10am - 12pm/2pm - 5pm

Philippe Lopparelli (Tendance Floue)
"D’Arthur à Zanzibar"
Galerie la Rotonde
Hôtel de Ville - Rue Louis Aragon - Lanester
Mon to Fri. 8am - 12h/1:30pm - 5:30pm Sat 9am - 11:45

Frédéric Lecloux(Agence VU’)
"L’usure du monde"
Atelier d’Estienne
22 oct. au 27 nov.
1, rue Terrien - Pont-Scorff
Tues - Sun 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.