the press kit - Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire

DOSSIER DE PRESSE
BEST OFF the
wall
on the gallery
wall
02 > 30 july 2016
invitation to anna-alix Koffi
Antoine d’Agata
Katrien de Blauwer
Noémie Goudal
Samuel Gratacap
Laura Henno
Claudia Huidobro
Corinne Mercadier
Erwan Morère
Benjamin Mouly
Paola de Pietri
Yusuf Sevinçli
Smith
and Clara Chichin
17 rue des Filles du Calvaire, 75003 Paris / +33 1 42 74 47 05 / www.fillesducalvaire.com
17 rue des Filles du Calvaire, 75003 Paris / +33 1 42 74 47 05 / www.fillesducalvaire.com
BEST OFF THE WALL ON THE GALLERY WALL
EXHIBITION 2 > 30 JUILLET
OPENING FRIDAY 1st OF JULY FROM 6 TO 9PM
ANTOINE D’AGATA, KATRIEN DE BLAUWER, NOÉMIE GOUDAL, SAMUEL GRATACAP, LAURA HENNO,
CLAUDIA HUIDOBRO, CORINNE MERCADIER, ERWAN MORÈRE, BENJAMIN MOULY, PAOLA DE PIETRI,
YUSUF SEVINÇLI, SMITH ET CLARA CHICHIN
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire is happy to announce
a new exhibition around the invitation of Anna Alix
Koffi, chief editor of OFF the wall book-magazine.
FR 40€
with English text
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Cover DOMINIQUE ISSERMANN
This project comes from a desire to materialize the
collaboration between Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire
and the photography book-magazine OFF the wall
over a summer exhibition. It will also be the opportunity to hold a group show on the occasion of the
20th anniversary of the gallery and the last issues of
the magazine. The ten editions of the review reveal
a shared understanding and converging vision of
images and authors.
Even if books lifetime exceeds the one of exhibitions, the eagerness to let
images talk in present tense does remain. The show will not simply be about
putting up the editorial choices of the magazine up on a wall, but rather to
present a coherent and open selection of interconnected artworks, subject
matters and forms. The two covers of each issue feature two photographs,
one by an emerging photographer and the other by a renowned artist. This
way, the gallery walls will become like pages, 3D covers showcasing and
opening up a dialogue between two generations of photographers. Every photographer on view during the show will have been featured at least
once in the magazine. Whether from an editorial or curatorial standpoint,
our first and common passion is to draw parallel between diverse artistic
approaches.
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The main subjects emphasized in each issue
-necessary to guide readers through the review- will be condensed on the gallery walls
to reaffirm the commitment and artistic line
the gallery defined twenty years ago. The
scenography, thought like a “Best OF(F) the
wall”, will echo the editorial choices of the
magazine through gathering the work of
about thirteen artists represent by the gallery
in addition to one artistic discovery.
The ground floor will illustrate the last two issues, 9 and 10, of the magazine. Visitors will
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be greeted by Noémie Goudal’s architecture photographs and Paola de Pietri’s views
of Istanbul. These open spaces will dialogue with the aerial compositions of
Corinne Mercadier, themselves vibrating in contact with Katrien de Blauwer
and Claudia Huidobro’s delicate collages. At the center, the trembling nudity of Antoine d’Agata’s dancer will connect the two spaces.
FR 50€
with English text
THE AU REVOIR ISSUE
Cover YUSUF SEVINCLI
The first floor will celebrate the commitment of the gallery toward emerging
artists through an original scenography made possible by the support of
PICTO laboratories.
Samuel Gratacap’s and Laura Henno’s portraits and bodies suspended in
time will reveal a sublimated yet harsh reality, that of migrants at the Tunisian
border and on the Reunion Islands. The atmosphere will get tenser as visitors
move along to Benjamin Mouly’s and Dorothée Smith’s works representing
the encounter between forms and different states of being. Finally, Erwan
Morere’s and Yusuf Sevincil’s visual density will cast a singular and contemporary light on the practice of black and white photography, with Erwan’s
work getting closer to drawing and Yusuf’s to sooty scribbled calligraphy.
The two artists share a profoundly yet contrasted humanist vision.
Clara Chichin will be Anna Alix Kofi’s guest of honor, an artistic discovery we
will let visitors appreciate through her video.
Sébastien Borderie
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OFF the wall, cultures photo is a photobook-magazine of several issues. This images album aims to promote emerging photographs and to revive unknown images. Establishing a photographic dialog between generations.
A desire to go back to something sustainable: few copies, from
500 to 1000, numbered on the best quality matte eco-certified
paper, OFF the wall, cultures photo is an object that one can
collect.
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photo
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FR 35€
with English text
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cover Benjamin Mouly
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/Noémie Goudal
Cavity, 2012
/paola de pietri
Sans titre, Serie Istanbul New Stories, 2012-2013
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/CLAUDIA HUIDOBRO
Série Quoi de plus douce, 2007-2009
/KATRIEN DE BLAUWER
Single cuts 23, 2014
/corinne mercadier
Sans titre, Série une fois et pas plus, 2000-2002
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/Antoine d’agata
Vilnius, Lituanie, 2004
/yusuf sevinçli
Sans Titre, série Post, 2012
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/LAURA HENNO
Sans titre (la fuite), 2011
/samuel gratacap
Sans titre, Série Empire, 2012-2014
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/smith
Sans titre, Série Sub Limis, 2010
/Benjamin mouly
Grape, 2012
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/erwan morère
Seydisfjördur, Islande, 2009
/Clara Chichin
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