The work of Magali Lambert is on the edge of reality and the fanciful. For her the act of photography is a constant attempt to perceive the invisible and retain that which is disappearing. In the series “Merveilles”, thanks to the placing of used objects bearing strong signs, she creates a separate universe within collections like those spoken about by Andre Breton, “ objects that you only see in dreams”.
Each element, found in the markets, offered before being thrown out or simply found in the street, is drawn singly and then photographed with another. The compositions mix the lexical fields of the living and the dead, of the animal and the human.
Inspired by the history and particularly the objects of the Mirabilia – precious goods originating from a mixture of natural and artificial elements presented in the cabinets of curiosities, ancestors of today’s museums that appeared at the end of the Renaissance in Europe – Magali Lambert brings together natural and abandoned industrial forms, captures them and has them slide into the contemporary collective imagination.
These encounters are precarious, unstable and perishable. The photograph ensures their durability. The physical objects are then put back into circulation to lead their individual lives elsewhere.
She has made an individual collection in each country in Europe that has had a link with the tradition of the cabinet of curiosities, After the Spanish collection created at the Casa de Velasquez in 2013, the artist is presenting the French collection an installation comprising drawings, 60 photographic compositions and a piece of furniture – 2015) in her personal exhibition at the VOZ’ Gallery (Boulogne-Billancourt), from September 24th 2015 to January 9th 2016.
EXHIBITION
Tu es une merveille
Until January 9th, 2016
VOZ’ Galerie
41 rue de l’Est
Boulogne-Billancourt
France
Tél. : 01 41 31 40 55
http://vozimage.com
https://magalilambert.wordpress.com
