In
a special joint exhibition, French-born and New York-based
photographers Ariane Lopez-Huici and Marilia Destot present
a visual dialogue exploring the fragmentation of the human
body from two different perspectives. The artists first collaborated
on the black-and-white documentary The Body Close Up,
a retrospective of Lopez-Huici’s work from the 1970s to 2008,
made by Destot.
In this exhibition, Lopez-Huici’s arresting black-and-white
portrait of Priscille, a non-professional nude model, contrasts
with Destot’s large Variations for Two, a polyptych
of two female dancers performing a simple movement. Lopez-Huici’s
powerful full-body portraits are a strong statement about
the model’s identity, while Destot’s work examines human
movement over space and time by fragmenting the figures and
rendering their bodies abstract. She explores the photographic
medium with a captivating installation of forty-two photographs:
a subjective vision and experience of time, space, and memory. |
Venue
FIAF Gallery
22 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022 |
Gallery Hours
Tue–Fri, 11am–6pm
Sat, 11am–5pm
Sun & Mon, closed |
Free and open
to the public |
 
Wine for the opening reception provided
by Château
Haut Selve courtesy of Baron
Francois Ltd.
FIAF's Spring 2010 Season Sponsors:
American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; the Cultural
Services of the French Embassy; Culturesfrance; the Florence
Gould Foundation; New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs;
and New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Black
& White Image: Priscille 2009 by Ariane Lopez-Huici
Color Image: Variations for Two #2 by Marilia Destot |
