24/2/2013
Marcelo Krasilcic
Colette, Paris
Photography. "How much am I in control of my destiny? That was one of my main questions during the 90's. At the same time I was in love with the idea that photographs are perceived as reality" (M. K.).
Exhibition of photographer Marcelo Krasilcic from February 25 to March 30, in conjunction with the publication of a book with his work from the 90s.
Marcelo Krasilcic is a Brazilian American photographer born in São Paulo into an Eastern European Jewish family. He moved to New York in 1990 to study art and photography at the New York University. Soon after graduating at NYU, he started exhibiting his art work and helped define the 1990’s while creating images for magazines such as Purple, Dazed & Confused, Self-Service and Visionaire.
Marcelo’s further contributions to magazines such as Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue Hommes International, as well as album covers for bands such as Everything but the Girl, solidified his influence in the international fashion and portrait industry.
Since then, he created campaigns for Nike, Moêt & Chandon and Bergdorf Goodman among many others; and photographed actors and musicians such as Chlöe Sevigny, Willem Dafoe, Joaquin Phoenix, M.I.A., Caetano Veloso and Drake.
Marcelo’s work has been exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro and at the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo (MAM-SP). With the release of his first book entitled, Marcelo Krasilcic 1990s, and his celebrated exhibition at OSMOS Address in New York, Marcelo continues to expand his production in the fields of art, portraiture and fashion.
For more infos or to buy works, please contact galerie@colette.fr.
"How much am I in control of my destiny? That was one of my main questions during the 90’s. At the same time I was in love with the idea that photographs are perceived as reality. By creating images that looked real, I was able to write my own history. If I was feeling lonely, I had intimate images to remind me I was not alone. Photographs of rooms, objects, and the arrangement of furnishings represented a balance between choices and chance. When a band that had been styled and put into a staged situation but looked caught off guard in my shot, I was in heaven.
The 1990’s presented opportunities through new magazines where fashion was just an accessory to tell a story, Chloë Sevigny was still a kid, a hand could be an eye, and to surpass our limitations was the expected outcome." M.K.
Signing on Saturday, March 2 from 4 pm to 6 pm
Colette
213, rue Saint-Honore' - Paris