Ernest Pignon-Ernest — Photographe — Berthet – Aittouarès Gallery — Exhibition — Slash Paris

Past: November 13 → December 13, 2014

For now more than thirty years, Ernest Pignon-Ernest covers the city walls with his images.

His powerfull drawings of ample lay out bring back to the surface traces of a history, of a burried past, of a hidden topic that crash with the contemporary world, the every day life.

sovereign, his series are declinable depending on places and themes: South Africa and AIDS — Rimbaud (Paris & Charleville-Mézières, 1978-1979) — the call-box and the homeless (behind the glass, 1997-1999) — Jean Genet (Brest, 2006) — Naples and Caravaggio (Naples, 1988 — 1995).

Ephemeral by essence, those city walls fitting up naturally drove the artist to photography for information and evidence of his work. First a document ,little by little, the photography became a work of art of it’s own right. So the artist, who meets photography incidentally, will then practise it as a “ famous amateur” before seizing it thoroughly to make it the centre piece of his work.