Réattu Revealed
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Colour photographic installation.
Formats and techniques:
Multiple formats. The format is indicated beneath each photograph.
Giclée prints on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper, Photo Rag 308 gsm, and blue back paper.
Limited edition of 5.
Tableaux vivants after Jacques Réattu.
Jacques Réattu painted bodies under tension, scenes of history and mythology played out like theatre. Two centuries later, teenagers take up these poses. This is neither a school reconstruction nor fancy dress: the photography replays the paintings the way one replays a scene, with its gestures, its light and the slight shift that separates quoting from inhabiting. The young models are not extras. They bring their presence and their own time, and the painting becomes a shooting protocol rather than a model to copy. What remains in the image is less an imitation than evidence: something happened, today, with them.
Commissioned by the Musée Réattu. This project was developed with Julie Mazé, Elisabeth Pouliquen, Claire Durand Imbert, Lise De Luca, Andy Neyrotti and teenagers whose names are given beneath each studio staging. More details in the Orders section.
Réattu Revealed
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Model: Kaïs Merlin Size: H 56,5cm X L 40cm
Models: Edgar Delaunay, Kaïs Mebarki-Delecroix et Batiste Gauzargues Size: H 64cm X L 81cm
Hélio Clairet, Farah Cablat, Kléa Nicolas, Alice Thuru, Léa Sierra-Olarte, Matthieu Courthial, Océan Schumacher, Rose Latyk, Atem Boutaleb et Ali Kharbouch
Dos bleu : H 72,52cm X L 190,46 cm
Model: Kléa Nicolas Size: H 48cm X L 41cm
Model: Alice Thuru Size: H 59cm x L 49cm
Colour photographic installation.
Formats and techniques:
Multiple formats. The format is indicated beneath each photograph.
Giclée prints on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper, Photo Rag 308 gsm, and blue back paper.
Limited edition of 5.
Tableaux vivants after Jacques Réattu.
Jacques Réattu painted bodies under tension, scenes of history and mythology played out like theatre. Two centuries later, teenagers take up these poses. This is neither a school reconstruction nor fancy dress: the photography replays the paintings the way one replays a scene, with its gestures, its light and the slight shift that separates quoting from inhabiting. The young models are not extras. They bring their presence and their own time, and the painting becomes a shooting protocol rather than a model to copy. What remains in the image is less an imitation than evidence: something happened, today, with them.
Commissioned by the Musée Réattu. This project was developed with Julie Mazé, Elisabeth Pouliquen, Claire Durand Imbert, Lise De Luca, Andy Neyrotti and teenagers whose names are given beneath each studio staging. More details in the Orders section.
Model: Kaïs Merlin Size: H 56,5cm X L 40cm