Acacias Art Center - "The Portraits" Exhibition
The Acacias Art Center hosted a keynote exhibition, Guy Bourdin – The Portraits, featuring rare works produced between 1950 and 1980.
Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest photographers of the second half of the 20th century and a brilliant inventor of fashion and advertising images, Guy Bourdin produced several of his photographic projects at the Acacias Art Center.
"Guy Bourdin: The Portraits" is a selection of the most personal works ever shown in Paris since his death in 1991, showcasing rare images produced between 1950-1980. Curated by historian Shelly Verthime, the exhibition gathers more than 150 of the artist's photographs from an intimate and personal perspective. His early black-and-white works, largely influenced by surrealism, often overlooked, sit alongside his most iconic and timeless photographs, as well as Super-8 films from his personal collection. The exhibition highlights the central role that Surrealism played in the photographer's work. Influenced by his close ties to Man Ray, Guy Bourdin's early portraits lay the foundation for his surrealist language and approach, which would eventually become one of his stylistic signatures.
Bringing to a close forty years of Guy Bourdin's artistic research, the exhibition ends with his colour press and advertising photography, which revolutionised fashion photography at the end of the 20th century.
Defying convention with his mysterious, hypnotic and Surrealist take on fashion photography, he invented bold, often appealing images with a unique modern aesthetic. Finally, the exhibition sheds light on Guy Bourdin the fashion film pioneer, through several Super-8 films taken from his personal collection, which he shot himself during photo shoots. Primarily a creator of images, Guy Bourdin (1928-1991) continued to learn and explore, from his first portraits to his advertising images, in which each person plays an essential but never overwhelming role. His works continue to feel modern to this day.
Reiffers Art Initiatives is a foundation created to support young contemporary creation and cultural diversity.
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Unibail - Rodamco - Westfield
Mazarine Image assists Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for the fourth edition of the summer art program at Polygone Riviera.
The temporary exhibition "SUPERNATURE" occupies the space with an exceptional group of ten sculptures designed by the Franco-Argentine artist, Pablo Reinoso.
In collaboration with the curator Jérôme Sans, Mazarine Image defined the artistic program of temps 4 and developed communication tools, communication supports as well as digital tools for the exhibition. Entitled "Supernature", the exhibition develops the idea of an exponential nature that is reborn and unfolds in urban areas, as if it were surrealistically defying its own laws, transgressing the limits given by the modern world.
At brands’ side are 50 talented consulting, creative and production advisors, who shape, magnify and provide meaning through image.
Passionate about brands’ boundaries, their heritage and their expertise, Mazarine Image works with Maisons in building lasting brand platforms, defining singular graphic territories, and creating print and digital content as if they were objets d’art.
Evento
Evento is a multi-disciplinary biennial event organized by the city of Bordeaux, for which ARTER is the general coordinator and delegated producer.
Evento is a new type of artistic event, taking the form of a movement that involves the whole city, in a profusion of projects conceived by numerous international artists to take a new look at the city.
It's an extraordinary encounter between personalities representing more than ten artistic disciplines, an urban itinerary that brings the works and their creators to all audiences, whether contemporary art lovers or simple passers-by. At the crossroads of cultures and artistic disciplines, it's also a reflection on a renovated city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, open to experimentation.
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