Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand »

Retrospective

2 February – 24 March, 2018

Opening reception: Thursday, 1 February, 7pm

Galerie Hiltawsky

Tucholskystr. 41, 10117 Berlin
T +49 (0)30 -28504499
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Tue-Sat 2-7pm + by appointment

Galerie Hiltawsky is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of the celebrated French photographer, Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand (b. 1945), presented in Berlin on this scale for the first time since 1986. The exhibition includes 38 works from 1999 through 2016.

Since 1980, Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand has employed traditional photographic techniques, (i.e. daguerreotype, photogram, solarisation and strobe photography) and experimented with a nostalgic revival of the medium’s versatility. His conceptual approach is born from a creative exploration and reinvention of photography that utilises analogue images, which oscillate between academic rigour and poetry.

Inspired by Pygmalion fantasies and the playful discovery of hidden magic in the everyday, Bailly-Maître-Grand uses photography to realise these visualisations. Through his images, he composes and reveals surprising perspectives of reality, which confirm an understanding of the world that is both palpable and emotive as well as attestable.

Following his master’s degree in physics (Paris, 1969), Bailly-Maître-Grand devoted ten years to painting and then began his photographic practice in an attempt to create his world. Investigating physical paradoxes of matter, space, time and motion this photographic physicist has manifested a significant oeuvre. His seemingly inexhaustible work is also imbued with a poignant humour.

Bailly-Maître-Grand’s work has been internationally represented for the last 25 years. His works are held in countless, renowned museum collections, including; MoMA, New York, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich and The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.

The exhibition presents a collection of works from the series, "Gueules Cassées", "Gouttes de Niepce", "Vanités", "Les miroirs d'antan".

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