Laurent Millet @ Catherine Edelman Gallery

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Laurent Millet @ Catherine Edelman Gallery

February 14th, 2017 by fstop

Laurent Millet: Somnium
March 3 – April 29, 2017

OPENING RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST: Friday March 3 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

“For more than twenty years, Laurent Millet has channeled his innate curiosity to create photographs that question the way objects appear within space and time. Citing R. Buckminster Fuller and Denis Diderot among his influences, Millet creates an artistic vocabulary through metal wire, vineyard posts and barrel hoops – objects prevalent in the coastal town of France in which he resides. His 1997 series, Petites Machines Littorales, addressed his surroundings, as he transformed the sea into a place for scientific experimentation, creating contraptions that suggest a way to measure water or listen to fish. These “machines” invite curiosity and questions, much like a child experimenting in a science lab. In his 2000 series Les Cabanes, Millet continues to build structures in the water, yet this time they appear to be bridges, ladders, architectural pieces and fences, suggesting a relationship between water and sky. The 2002 series, La Chasse, features objects that could be used to trap, to capture that which is hard to contain. And finally, in the 2014/15 series, Somnium, the artist photographed himself with geometric objects, polyhedra, that he fabricated. These images seem paranormal yet familiar, as the artist engages with objects hovering in the air, recording his encounter.”

Catherine Edelman Gallery
300 W. Superior Street * Chicago IL 60654

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Type: Exhibition

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