Valérie Belin

1 Sep 2007
25 Nov 2007

Huis Marseille is presenting the first major survey of the work of French photographer Valérie Belin (1964). Belin has already exhibited at Huis Marseille in the group exhibition Oublier l'exposition, Contemporary Photography from France (2001), where her monumental portraits of bodybuilders and Moroccan brides drew attention.
Most of her earlier works, were photographed in strong and highly contrasting black and white, but her latest work is in colour.

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Valerie Belin

Valérie Belin is interested in the borderline between the human and real, on the one hand, and the organic and virtual on the other: real life versus virtual life. Icons of popular culture, consumables, consumer goods: Belin makes use of themes that have become standard for artists since Pop Art. However, in contrast to her predecessors it is not Belin's intention to simply record popular culture. In her images she wants to show how she as a photographer using photographic means can manipulate reality and thereby give it new meaning.

The exhibition has been made possible with the support of Culturesfrance and the French Embassy in The Hague. The exhibition will travel to Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris (9.4-8.6.2008) and Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne (6.11.2008-4.1.2009).