Jean Yves Cousseau, Be that as it may

When?: May 25th – July 1st 2023
Where?: Galerie Orbis pictus
7, rue du Thorigny
75003 Paris

Is it the passage of time or the timelessness of situations? With his photographs, Jean Yves Cousseau invites us to enter into the details of the world, to look closely, often even very closely, as if it were a question of making us feel its radical materiality. He confronts us with a certain reality, making it tangible without much explanation, forcing our gaze to stop on what we could naturally turn away from, too quickly.

The viewpoints in his new series Quoi qu’il en soit… presented at Orbis pictus are crossed and staged in singular diptychs whose images are repeated and linked to unfold a story that is often intimate, sometimes familial, always modest despite the very explicit details, yet timeless thanks to a perfect mastery of the process of oxidation that the photographer employs and masters, intervening after the chemicals take effect over time.

As always, Jean Yves Cousseau transforms the photographs, erasing any notion of temporality in order not to risk being confined to a nostalgic posture. An iconoclastic gesture?

Infos :
Press release (pdf)
www.jycousseau.com

orbispictus.art

© Jean Yves Cousseau

Alcools (1987/2004)
Oxidized barita paper
H101 x L149 cm

© Jean Yves Cousseau

The big wheel (1985/2014)
Oxidized barita paper
H29 x L39 cm

Jean Yves Cousseau, Be that as it may

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