Bangkok--13 Feb--Modern Gallery
We are pleased to invite you to attend the opening reception of the photography exhibition, 'The Beauty of Peace' by French Photographer Daniel Cordonnier on Wednesday 26th February 2014 from 6pm at Modern Gallery, O.P. Garden, Chareonkrung 36. An exhibition will run until 16th April 2014.
“My eyes see beyond their usual peripheryand I hope for my photographs to also become
prayers granted by the wind.”
Pioneering photography exhibition The Beauty of Peace by French Photographer Daniel Cordonnier’s is set to charm Bangkok’s art scene. Curated by Eliseo Barbara, the rich and imaginative series is dedicated to celebrate the energy and spirituality of the cultures, spirits and energies that the artist has encountered exploring the world of Buddhist practice in Asia at large. From the windswept prayer flags of Tibet to the bright devotions of Boudhanath in Nepal.
The works of the photographer are not only a documentary report of his journeys, but also a figurative and literal representation of life. The title of the exhibition evokes the intention to share personal memories and suggestions through photography.
The style adopted by Daniel Cordonnier is the ‘Multiple Exposure,’ which he has named “shooting star” - influenced by Impressionism and Surrealist art. The result is one powerful image that is a combination of two different subjects in their lighting intensity and point of view. The artist doesn’t want to tell and report a story, he would like to suggest and communicate us emotions, feelings and vibrations.
Since the beginning of his career, Daniel Cordonnier was able to create. His first job involved metalwork, transforming metals has always been a passion for Daniel and, for over ten years, this passion took him through industries such as aviation, nuclear and car manufacturing. Through the modification of metal, Daniel understands the immateriality of elements and sees objects beyond their initial appearances. Ten years later, Daniel founded an air conditioning company.
At the age of 50, selling the business gave Daniel the freedom to start a new chapter in his life. His first desire was to discover other cultures. From the open spaces of Madagascar, the vibrancy of India and now the warm intensity of Bangkok. His travels brought him back to his his childhood dreams. However, through light, he discovered the harshness of life, deeply engraved on people’s faces, and wanted to share their stories.
About the artist :
Acclaimed French photographer Daniel Cordonnier’s latest collection The Beauty of Peace tells the tale of Buddhist practice through dance, nature and human structures, that is beautiful, dark, innocent, peaceful and vibrant. But his story to this place of artistic freedom is a convoluted one.
With his artistic eye, Cordonnier who is one of the leaders of the ‘Painto-graher’ movement in Asia. The French national and Asian enthusiast was lured to these exotic shores many years ago because of the eclectic nature of life in this part of the world.
Formerly a successful businessman founding an air-conditioning company – his commercial success allowed Daniel to start a new life at 50 as a dedicated artist. Something he dreamt about all his life. Moving to India, Madagascar and now Bangkok, his travels are what shaped his art. His unfailing passion for photography is what makes him strive for the most tenuous and stunning shots.
In this series, the ‘Dancer’ image alone took two years of following and documenting a performer to get the shot that satisfied his artistic eye. Daniel has been invited to several exhibitions in France as well as gaining a following in his adoptive home of Bangkok for his contemporary and vivacious shots.
HIS STYLE
Cordonnier’s style is ‘Multiple Exposure.’ The result is one powerful image that is a combination of two different subjects in their lighting intensity and point of view. He is influenced by Impressionism and with some elements related to the Pictorialism in the early photography in 19th Century. It is a multiple exposure combining in one image two different subjects, sometimes far in term of distance, time and concept.
No photoshop has been used, and the documentary style is still presence, but also it disappears to enter in a world full of memories. Like abstract painting, Cordonnier’s photography doesn’t want to tell, but suggest. It doesn’t want to find the truth, but his photography – as art should be – wants to incite us to start the research of the truth, a new research approached in the simplest way possible. Simple as water.
“I have always chosen to deliberately give a documentary style to my photos and have chosen subjects aligned with this underlying objective. My prose emanates from the various scenes I have photographed,” Daniel says. “Reality and life should be very close to each other, however I often softened the aspects of misery making it seemingly more cheerful, darkness can be beautiful. There are far too many images constricting people's mind with false hopes. I want to create a realistic vision but not taint it with pessimism.”
www.daniel-cordonnier.com
Photography Exhibition : 'The Beauty of Peace'
Artist : Daniel Cordonnier
Opening Reception : Wednesday 26th February 2014, 6:00 pm
When : 26 February – 16 April 2014
Venue : Modern Gallery, O.P. Garden, Soi chareonkrung 36
Hours : Monday – Saturday, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
For more information, please contact Modern Gallery @ O.P. Garden :
Miss Thannapat (Lov), Marketing Manager
Tel : +66(0) 2 238 6449, +66 81 920 4392, +66 86 999 6591
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