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Evergon

  • Exhibition, Jouy-en-Josas
  • Thu 09 Oct 1986 → Mon 05 Jan 1987
Evergon 1986
Evergon, The Audience-Women, The Audience-Men, 1986, Jouy-en-Josas, 1986-1987 © Evergon

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

2 Rue du Montcel

78350 Jouy-en-Josas

As part of Photo Month organized by Paris Audiovisuel, the Fondation Cartier displays a dozen giant Polaroids (6.5 feet) taken by Canadian photographer Evergon.

Through a very sophisticated technique and unique staging, Evergon reinterprets well-known themes in painting, more specifically Baroque painting, such as Caravaggio’s works, for example. To accentuate the theatricality of the scenes, Evergon also uses the “add-on” frame method: four white lines trace a frame all around the subjects and lock them in their attitudes. The closing in on the subjects indicates that, aside from the nostalgia Evergon feels for the Baroque, the crux of his work remains focused on the human figure.

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