Jean Larivière was one of the most flamboyant French photographers of the 70s, 80s and 90s. And then he disappeared. He returns today with Gabriel Bauret. A priori, it’s a small exhibition, do not trust it. It’s a perverted teaser designed to make you want to go to see the hallucinating installations he prepares! Play the game, you will not be disappointed. – Jean-Jacques Naudet
Prefiguration
It has been fifteen years since Jean Larivière gave any sign of life. We remember his brilliant work for advertising and fashion, especially his close collaboration with the renowned baggage maker Louis Vuitton. This was driven by a very personal and ambitious range on the theme of travel, to the limits of the possible, and relying on a great complicity with the direction of the brand. In the context of photographic commission, Jean Larivière has established himself as the author of visual adventures constantly renewed. We appreciated his sense of direction, his demanding compositions, his mastery of lights and black and white.
