Jean-Baptiste Huynh
dal 21/2/2013 al 17/5/2013
Segnalato da
21/2/2013
Jean-Baptiste Huynh
Camera Work Contemporary Gallery, Berlin
Remanence. In his photographs it appears today as a globe
Under the title 'Remanence', the artist presents with impressive photographs a selection of objects, sculptures, paintings, and artifacts from the most famous museum in the world, the Louvre. The large formatted silver-gelatin-prints each show individual artworks from different eras, art forms and sections of the museum. Jean-Baptiste Huynh focused with a special artistic intention on the chosen art objects, among which are pompous amulets, mystical masks, oriental portraits and profane objects such as historical keys. Huynh sees the selective and exemplary illustrated voyage through the collection of the Louvre as an overall illustration and internalization that conveys the understanding of cultures. Economically, yet elaborately illuminated and reduced to the essential, Huynh achieves in his works distinct purism. Through the clarity and rigor in the image structure the photographs convey a pure, almost magical atmosphere and give the artworks a majestic character of a ritual object. (Image: Louvre, Crane en Cristal, 2012)