C/O BERLIN, INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR VISUAL DIALOGUE, WILL PRESENT THE RETROSPECTIVE OF FRENCH ARTISTS PIERRE ET GILLES FROM 25.JULY TO 4.OCTOBER.2009. "IT'S HARD TO THINK OF CONTEMPORARY CULTURE WITHOUT THE INFLUENCE OF PIERRE ET GILLES, FROM ADVERTISING TO FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, MUSIC VIDEO, AND FILM. THIS IS TRULY GLOBAL ART", JEFF KOONS SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW. THE COSMOS OF THE WORLDWIDE RENOWNED FRENCH ARTIST DUO IS A VIVID, COLOURFUL WORLD POISED BETWEEN BAROQUE SUMPTUOUSNESS AND EARTHLY LIMBO. PIERRE ET GILLES CREATE UNIQUE AND STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF FILM ICONS, SAILORS AND PRINCES, SAINTS AND SINNERS, OF MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES AND UNKNOWNS ALIKE. PIERRE ET GILLES PURSUE THEIR OWN, STUNNINGLY UNIQUE VISIONS OF AN ENCHANTED WORLD SPANNING FAIRYTALE PARADISES AND ABYSSAL DEPTHS, QUOTING FROM POPULAR VISUAL LANGUAGES AND HISTORY OF ART. AGAIN AND AGAIN, THEY RE-ENVISION THEIR PERSONAL DREAM OF REALITY ANEW IN CONSUMMATE AESTHETIC PERFECTION.
OVER THE LAST THIRTY YEARS, PIERRE ET GILLES HAVE CREATED PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS OF NUMEROUS CELEBRITIES INCLUDING MARC ALMOND, MIRELLE MATHIEU, CATHERINE DENEUVE, JEAN-PAUL GAULTIER, NINA HAGEN, MADONNA, AND PALOMA PICASSO. THEY WORK ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THEIR OPULENTLY FURNISHED STUDIO, WHERE THEIR SUBJECTS ARE COSTUMED LAVISHLY AND PLACED BEFORE THREE-DIMENSIONAL BACKGROUNDS. PIERRE PHOTOGRAPHS THE MODEL, AND GILLES RETOUCHES AND HAND COLOURS THE PRINT. THE REPRODUCIBLE PORTRAIT IS RENDERED UNIQUE THROUGH LAYERED PAINTING, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS EACH DETAIL WITH CAREFULLY SELECTED MATERIALS AND ACCESSORIES.
AS THE ONLY VENUE IN GERMANY, C/O BERLIN PRESENTS THE EXHIBITION AS THE FIRST OF THE PIERRE ET GILLES IN 15 YEARS. THE SHOW COMPRISED OF 80 UNIQUE LARGE-FORMAT WORKS, FROM THEIR EARLY PHOTOGRAPHIES OF THE 1970s TO THE BRAND NEW PICTURES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN IN PUBLIC BEFORE. THIS IS TRULY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW ARTISTIC CREATIONS THAT HAVE DEFINED AND INFLUENCED CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY.
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