ANOTHER DISTURBING ARTIST .......

No title - 2006
Valerie Belin is also a photographer which made me feel uneasy. In between Milan, the Palais du Tokyo with the Thai artist and now Valerie, I seem to be looking at work which is not so easy to digest.

The question which one can ask, is what causes the latent unease produced by her photographs ? Could it be that the mannequins look like real people in shop windows or the disturbingly fixed expressions of the faces turns them into genuine people.




No title - 2004

No title - 2004




















Is it Michael Jackson? Is it someone else we know?

Michael Jackson?

The photos left me in a state of uncertainty. They are uncanny, mannequins, stereotypes. There is nothing reassuring about them at all…..what do you think?

No title - 2006

No title - 2006

BOB, 2012

BOB, 2012
Before you answer, just a few words about her. She is French, born in 1964 and after her studies at the Sorbonne, now works and lives in Paris. I’m glad I saw her work but doubt if I will follow her.

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We first discovered her at the MEP and immediately liked her work. Her photographs are a little disturbing at times but that's what we like about them. They're not just ordinary black and white photos and they don't leave you indifferent.
20/9/15 14:57
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