Choi
Sténopés
After working
in the graphic arts while studying at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Choi turned to
photography and worked as a printer at a number of photo labs in Paris.
Considered as the mot talented printmaker of his generation, he is not only an
admirable technician but also a uniquely inspired character who works with many
major photographers. Since 2005, while continuing to work as a printmaker, he
has undertaken his own artistic project first showcased in 2007 at the Maison
Européenne de la Photographie with a series entitled “Autoportraits aux Enfers”
(Self-portraits in Hell). His latest work, situated at the crossroads of
photography and painting, shows strange figures and faces emerging from heavenly
or infernal limbo. Made in a dark room using exposure times lasting several
hours, these prints make use of the random creases of crumpled rice paper and
carefully applied opaque pigments, and reinvent the age-old art of pinhole
photography.
If you are in Paris you have time to visit this exhibition till 4th November 2012.
La
Maison Européenne de la Photographie,
Paris,
Paris,
