The exhibition brings together some of the images produced by photographer Pierre Faure in Chartres de Bretagne, as part of a residency organized by the Carré d´Art.
Sensitive to the discovery of a territory, as much by its landscapes as by the people who live there, Pierre Faure traveled through the city from June 2019 to February 2020.
Taking advantage of a residence spanning several months, he had the opportunity to linger and return to certain places, and, over the seasons, to watch for lights more faithful to his subject, to change points by sight, to attach to fragments taken from the landscape.
During his numerous wanderings, he knew how to seize instants of floating, in these zones where the city surrenders to his gaze, these inhabited zones, but which sometimes seem neglected.
Another aspect of Pierre Faure’s work lies in the practice of portraiture. Loaded with pictorial references, these touch us in more ways than one.
The artist chose to photograph young people aged 12 to 17, this age of great upheaval, where bodies are trying to find their place in a world of adults.
These young people here look to the future, a way of projecting themselves beyond the city limits, which in the short or medium term, they may have to leave, sometimes to return …
Pierre Faure carefully determined the decorations in which he staged them, often outdoors, around their home, and always in natural light. After long discussions, he adjusted his cameras, and finally managed to show them as they are, without artifice.
Pierre Faure offers us a portrait of the city, a unique vision of an artist who seems to tame it.
Les jours couchés – Photographs by Pierre Faure
Exhibition from March 13 to April 29, 2020
Opening of the exhibition: Thursday March 12 at 6.30 p.m.
Galerie Le Carré d’Art – Centre culturel Pôle Sud
1 rue de la Conterie – BP 37604
35131 Chartres de Bretagne
The opening will mark the release of Pierre Faure’s first book, Les jours couchés, published by Sur la Crête. The photographs are accompanied by a text written for the occasion by the novelist Hélène Gaudy.
Format 20×26 cm / 60 pages / 42 B&W photographs / Dust jacket printed on cardboard / Binding couture singer
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