This is your last chance to go and see “Paris La Nuit” by Roger Schall (1904-1995) at the Argentic gallery before the exhibition comes to an end. Roger Schall shot scenes of Paris at night in his own solitary way. The lights and nocturnal characters he captured evoke a very different city, one that is unfamiliar and unknown. During his long walks, he rendered the invisible visible, depicting scenes from nocturnal life with Paris as backdrop and the Parisian themselves taking the main roles.
Roger Schall was just as interested in the oft-forgotten streets as he was in the emblematic sites, and could create a dialogue between the darker, hidden, more enigmatic areas and the grandeur and illuminations of the main boulevards, department stores and monuments.
One image features a group of anonymous figures in the foreground, drawing our gaze away from the Sacré Coeur, despite the monument being bathed in light. Elsewhere, the wet cobblestones and brightly-lit windows on rue Saint-Julien Le Pauvre underscore the solitude of a man and his dog. Similarly, a deserted alley way – long-since vanished under concrete – guides us towards the Gare de Lyon’s clock tower.
The gallery’s next exhibition will be devoted to the work of Pierre de Vallombreuse.
EXPHIBITION
Roger Schall, Paris La Nuit
From September 4 to October 11th, 2015
Galerie Argentic
43 Rue Daubenton
75005 Paris
France
http://www.argentic.fr
