Lucien Herve'
dal 5/9/2014 al 23/10/2014
Segnalato da
5/9/2014
Lucien Herve'
Michael Hoppen, London
An exhibition of photographs: vintage works together with rare contact sheets
On viev vintage works together with rare contact sheets that act as a visual "sketch book" offering a rare insight into how Herve' worked. Lucien Herve' (b. Laszlo' Elkan 1910 - 2007) is renowned for taking photographs from multiple vantage points to portray the experience of walking through a building. His characteristic style of cropped frames, plunging or oblique views, and pared-down compositions distinguish his work from that of his contemporaries. He followed the work of avant-garde artists whose stark geometry and abstract forms enabled him to recognise the same compositions within architecture. He collaborated with Le Corbusier for sixteen years who was know to re-draw his plans in response to Herve's photographs. He pronounced him to have 'the soul of an architect'. His work is in public and private collections worldwide. Including the Getty Institute, Los Angeles, MoMA, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London.