Antoine d’Agata is barely fifty years old and already a living legend. The stunning installation , currently on view at Le BAL, defies the classical approach to a retrospective. It endows the work with a new amplitude by showing the tensions connecting the “day images” from his reportage and commercial work to his more personal “nighttime images.” The enthusiastic public response and media coverage which welcomed the exhibition were on par with the efforts of both d’Agata and the curators, Fanny Escoulen and Bernard Marcadé. In response to the retrospective, the Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire chose to display famous photographs from the photographer’s oeuvre in ways they have never been seen before. Haunting large-format prints fill the gallery. The images are presented simply, one by one, throughout the space, to highlight the astonishing beauty of these icons of darkness.
Christine Ollier
Read the full article on the French version of L’Oeil de la Photographie.
EXHIBITION
Nóia – Antoine d’Agata
From March 15th to April 27th, 2013
Galerie des Filles du Calvaire
17 rue des Filles-du-Calvaire
75003 Paris France
Tél. : +33 (0)1 42 74 47 05
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Tuesday – Saturday 11am – 6.30pm
