By using an older form of technology, French artist Éric Antoine
strips away modern-day conceits in the quest for simplicity,
solitude, and core truths. The works speak to the passage of time
but also to a sense of timelessness. Useful Lies brings together
several series among the last he produced. Aside from a single
cardboard box in Les Intrus - a series that highlights the human
body and the fragility of shelter - nothing in the photographs
dates them. And yet, his framing and cropping are entirely modern,
subverting any suggestion of nostalgia. These are not attempts to
replicate nineteenth-century photographs but rather forays into
unchartered territory that use the past to draft new stories. The
collodion process also helps visually convey the feeling of being
caught between two forces: the drive toward perfection and the
desire to embrace flaws. More specifically, Antoine is drawn both
to German New Objectivity of the 1920s, with its rejection of
Expressionism, and to the movement known as pictorialism. His
medium dovetails with his interest in New Objectivity by allowing
for great precision and very fine detail. At the same time, the
process is highly pictorial in that the artist essentially paints
the glass plate with a sensitive coating, which pools and drips and
must be controlled. This tension between exactitude and
imperfection opens up the works, creating scenes that are both true
to nature and evocative of their own realities.
General
| Imprint: |
Hemeria
|
| Country of origin: |
France |
| Release date: |
December 2021 |
| Authors: |
Eric Antoine
|
| Contributors: |
Pierre Wat
|
| Dimensions: |
254 x 305 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
196 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-2-490-95221-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
2-490-95221-8 |
| Barcode: |
9782490952212 |
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