Corinne Mercadier
dal 26/3/2009 al 15/5/2009
Segnalato da
26/3/2009
Corinne Mercadier
Foundation Yours Gallery, Warsaw
Light Years. Over 60 images will be exhibited. The title of her monographic show is taken from the title of one of her works from the Longue Distance series which seems to perfectly suit its spirit. Mercadier looks at the familiar in a new way, focusing on the transient moment of change of perspective. In her work, she uses the Polaroid camera. Her photographs are later transformed, replicated and magnified into subtle images.
Unique and sublime images by French photographer Corinne Mercadier have earned her a respected position among the world's most acclaimed artists. Her work has been displayed in numerous galleries, including the European House of Photography, the National Library in Paris and has also been selected for the International Polaroid Collection in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mercadier's photographs were exhibited at the Houston Photography Festival, the Paris-Photo fair and La Primavera FotoGrafica in Barcelona and she has had over 20 solo exhibitions.
The title of Corinne Mercadier's monographic show is taken from the title of one of her works from the Longue Distance series which seems to perfectly suit its spirit. Mercadier looks at the familiar in a new way, focusing on the transient moment of change of perspective. The distance the artist is after is represented in her search for and sensing of danger, in her noticing of simple, every-day things in an unusual context - as seen from a certain distance. Time and memory, ever-changing as they are, ignoring and transforming recollections by assuming different shapes are the primary themes of Mercadier's work. Yet, the mysterious beauty of her images is more disturbing than harmonious.
In her work, Mercadier uses the Polaroid camera. Her photographs are later transformed, replicated and magnified into subtle yet poignant images. The Polaroid camera is a machine with an attitude, it imposes colour, texture and an artistic vision. The technology obviously adds substance to the themes running through Mercadier's work. Moments, instants, flashes of time is what she is after.
Over 60 images will be exhibited on all 3 floors of Yours Gallery. The work comes from the following series: Longue Distance|Long Distance, Paysages/Landscapes, Ou comence le ciel?/Where does the sky begin?, Une fois et pas plus/Once and only once and Interieurs / Interiors. Among the images on show there will also be a number of original polaroids taken with the original SX-70 camera. Corinne Mercadier will attend exhibition opening night and on the following day she will give a talk and a presentation of her work. The photographer will talk of her inspirations and the technicalities of her work. Mercadier will also demonstrate sculptures she uses in her art which have never been shown to the public before.
Image: n 12, 1996 from the series Où commence le ciel?
Enlarged Polaroid SX 70s 78x76 cm. Edition of 5 @ Corinne Mercadier
Meeting with Corrine Mercadier on 27 March 2009 at 7 pm at
the French Institute, ul. Senatorska 38
Foundation Yours Gallery
Krakowskie Przedmiescie 33, 00-071 Warsaw Poland
11am - 8pm daily