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Gilles Baudry: Zid(ovi)

21. 2.—18. 3. 2020, Galerija K18

Frontalni posnetki raznolikih zidov, materialnih tekstur, jasno označujejo vizualni jezik cikla barvnih fotografij Zid(ovi), katerega je Gilles Baudry ustvaril med leti 2016 in 2019. V nasprotju s širokimi pogledi krajinske fotografije, ki gledalca vabijo v odprtost in globino specifične pokrajine, Baudryjeva podoba sooča gledalca s strukturo materiala, s »kožo« različnih pročelij. Zidovi kot tema v fizičnem in simboličnem smislu znotaj konteksta sodobnih izzivov migracij združenih z instrumentalizacijo kot orodjem politične propagande skozi zgodovino tukaj prevzemajo estetsko funkcijo in pozicijo poetične komunikacije. Avtorjev pristop k subjektu je pod močnim vplivom njegovih emocij in zanimanja za področje vizualne estetike in simbolizma motiva. Baudryeve fotografije zajemajo efemerno, minljivost čustev v relaciji do trajnosti materiala in sprememb, ki nastajajo skozi čas.

Gilles Baudry: The Wall(s)

21. 2.—18. 3. 2020
Gilles Baudry has been developing The Wall(s), a series of color photographs since 2016. Frontal shots of various walls, its material textures, straightforwardly defines the visual language of the series. In contrast to the wide spaces of landscape photography inviting the viewer to contemplate the openness and profoundness of a specific landscape, these photographs confront the viewer with the material structure, the skin, of different facades. Walls, as a current subject in physical and symbolic sense within the context of contemporary migration issues coupled with its instrumentalization as the tool of political propaganda throughout the history, here take on an aesthetic function and communicate poetically. Author’s approach to the subject matter is heavily influenced by his own emotions and his interest in visual aesthetics and symbolism of the motif. Baudry’s photographs capture the ephemeral, the fleetingness of emotions in relation to the endurance of the material and its changes in time.