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Artists
and Exhibitions
The gallery is open from Wedneday to Saturday,
15h-19h and by appointment.
The 2011 Programme Features
Sept
9 -Oct 31 ..Jean-Claude
Sauer, « L’ÉTÉ DANGEREUX »
Pendant deux saisons, Hemingway les suivit dans les arènes
d’Espagne et de France, relatant les péripéties
de leur intense mano a mano.
Gaston Bonheur, le directeur de Paris-Match, était
lui aussi un aficionado. C’est ainsi que Jean-Claude
Sauer eut la chance de photographier les combats racontés
par Hemingway dans L’été dangereux.
« Les années de lumière, l’âge d’or. J’étais sur les pas d’Hemingway qui ne quittait pas les beaux-frères ennemis, Antonio Ordoñez et Luis-Miguel Dominguin. Tous les quinze jours, l’écrivain envoyait son papier à Life et je faisais les photos. Ordoñez et Dominguin « servaient » les pieds collés au sable, sans bouger. Grâce à eux, la corrida redevenait un culte. » Jean-Claude Sauer
Sept
24-Oct 31 ..Vivian Van
Blerk, « URBI ET ORBI »
Dans les séries « Into the World » et
«Public Flesh » retenues pour cette exposition,
des sculptures classiques s’attardent dans la ville
moderne comme des présences oubliées, des
avatars humains dans un monde en transformation. Les statues
se réveillent sans être remarquées par
les passants qui les croisent, telles des présences
fantomatiques dans nos rues et nos espaces urbains familiers.
Dans les photographies de Vivian van Blerk la sculpture
remplace l’être humain. Elle concentre la mémoire
historique et elle porte la réflexion et les sentiments
de l’artiste sur l’état de la cité
moderne.
May-July
..Vee Speers, « BORDELLO
»
Galerie Huit is proud to present 'Bordello', an exhibition of photography by Australian artist Vee Speers.
"The twilight of Vee Speers' great photos of beautiful women causes the viewer to merge with the surroundings of the image and enter a kind of dream-like vision of an often sordid reality. She shows beauty where beauty can be terribly absent" Karl Lagerfeld.
The book: Bordello With a Foreword by Karl Lagerfeld
In Bordello, Vee Speers succeeds in creating an authentic and poetic evocation that captures the perfume of a vanished world; the Paris nightlife in the 1920s and 30s. Most famously eternalized perhaps by the photographs of Brassaï, the romantic decadence of early 20th century Paris comes to life afresh in this series of sensuous and nostalgic photographs, shot on location in former bordellos where the lavish and opulent decors have survived intact.
The exhibition is accompanied by a book with a foreword by Karl Lagerfeld, which also includes four exclusive CDs of specially selected music by early 20th century French performers.
Jul-Sept
..'Galerie
Huit Open Salon – Transience'
Exhibition of the winning images from the International Photographic Competition designed to showcase cutting-edge contemporary and emerging photography from around the world. Galerie Huit Open Salon 2011 is calling for entries of aesthetically challenging innovative photographic work. This year the Gallery will be looking closely at works inspired by the theme Transience.
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Jul-Sept ..Vanja Karas, 'Solitary'
From the series Solitary by Vanja Karas, Galerie Huit,
Jul-Sep 2011
Galerie Huit will also be presenting the series Solitary, urban nightscapes on back lit transparencies by Vanja Karas.
Vanja Karas graduated from the University of Arts in Belgrade, followed by an MA from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and Kings College London. She began her creative career in theatre directing, and from there moved on to work in a range of other visual arts media including film, video, multimedia, graphic design and print. In recent years her work has been focused mainly on fine art and social documentary photography. She has studied photography at Central St Martin's College of Art and Design and International College of Photography, New York. Her work has been commissioned for a number of private and corporate collections. Vanja lives and works in London. Contact vanja@vanjakaras.com
Past
Exhibitions
Mar-Apr 2011 Roger de Montebello, 'Megachromia'
'Megachromia'
refers to a large and unique-edition or limited-edition
photo of a small painting capturing some action
or movement. This photo is not digitally modified except
for what is necessary to achieve absolute fidelity
to the painting which served as its model. The word 'Megachromia'
alludes to both large size and the subsequent explosion
of colour. Montebello's Megachromia are neither 'simply'paintings
nor 'simply' photos, but an interaction of the two,
and the result of a specific process.
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December
2010 – February 2011
Chris Dupouy 'Inferto'
'Inferto'
by Chris Dupouy Dec 2010 – Jan 2011 Galerie Huit ©
Photo Vanja Karas 2010
3
July - 7 August 2010
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE
BALLOT "Les
quatre saisons de la Sainte-Victoire"
'Les quatre saisons de la Sainte-Victoire' by Jean-Christophe
Ballot Jul-Aug 2010, Galerie Huit
The images featuring Galerie Huit interiors were taken during this exhibition and feature other photographs from this series.
7th
May until 12th
June 2010
EDOUARD
DE’ PAZZI "Vanités"
et "Muses"
Elliott LANDY "Love at Sixty"
Elliott Landy, 'Love at Sixty' May 2010, Galerie Huit
April
2010
ÉRIC ROLLAND "RUEDO"
Œuvres de 1991 à 2010
7
July – 11 August 2009
SIMON ANNAND "The
Half - Côté coulisses"
Exhibition curated in association with Victoria and Albert Museum London.
Tilda Swinton by Simon Anand
8 May - 17 June 2009
FABRICE MOIREAU et JEAN-MARIE DALLET
"Provence Sketchbook"
REMI
CASTENAU "La
chambre noire"
Dans le cadre du 9
21 September 2008 – January 2009
Jul
2007 and Jul 2008
During the Rencontres International de la Photographie,
Galerie Huit successfully co-hosted exhibitions with Galerie
Sit Down, Paris