There ME P given Carte blanche to the multimedia artist Thomas Mailaender. This Carte blanche will take the form of an experimental photographic laboratory in constant evolution. Evolving according to the artist’s proposals, the exhibition will put the creative process and its legitimization as such at the center of its concerns. Moving away from the traditional framework of a plastic and visual demonstration, the exhibition Beautiful Images will give rise to a big commotion in the MEP spaces. The exhibition will bring together a vast collection of old and new pieces specially designed for the occasion, such as “Fail Anthology”, “Extreme Retouch” or “Chemical Room”, an immersive installation designed as an exploration of the photographic medium. The route, extended over the two floors of the Galleries, will present, among other things, “The Beautiful Images”eponymous series, in which the artist reinvests photographs from press agencies, but also major series “Extreme Tourism”, “Gone Fishing”or others, like “Illustrated People”. Finally, the series “Life and Adventures of a Silver Woman on Planet Earth” looks back on the life and commitment of Rosemary Jacobs, an American activist victim of the ravages of silver nitrate, who used photography to document her story and denounce the use of this chemical compound for medical purposes.
Thomas Mailaender: Beautiful Images
Until September 29, 2024
ME P
5/7 rue de Fourcy
75004 Paris
+33 (0)1 44 78 75 00
www.mep-fr.org
