PRESS RELEASE
A REAL ALTERNATIVE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTFAIR ALONGSIDE THE IMPORTANT ANNUAL PARISIAN ONE !
YOUNG, FRESH, VIBRANT AND INTERNATIONAL
Effectively the creators of PHOTO OFF have taken an important standpoint by creating a photographic art fair based on the
« young and/or upcoming » from Europe, America, Asia, Africa chosen for their originality and quality of their work.
Photo: Two dogs © Graeme Williams
EDITO
In response to the increasing public demand for more photography and wanting to be an open modern window to contemporary photography, La Bellevilloise* together with Art Event* and Janette Danel* have created the art fair “ PHOTO OFF”- During 4 days, they propose under a blazing light, around 20 galleries representing around 60 photographers alongside this year‟s Biennale of “La Mois de la Photo” in November, where the city turns into the photography capital of the world. This first edition of PHOTO OFF, outside the mainstream but in a legendary building in Paris focusing on culture, is “parrainée” by Marc Riboud.
Marc RIBOUD
* : La Bellevilloise : Slick 2006-2007, Young Creators, memorable exhibition May 68…
* : Art Event : creator and organizer of multiples art fairs in Europe and Asia.
* : Janette Danel : artistic director PHOTO OFF, international curator specialized in contemporary photography
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Thursday 18 15h - 18h30 : Professionnel day reserved for collectors, medias and professionals
18h30 - 20h30 : Vernissage ART'PERITIF on invitation only 20h30 - 22h30 : Photo After : Mixed images, DJ set et VJing
Friday 19 11h - 22h30 : Open to the public
18h30 - 20h30 : ART‟PERITIF on invitation only 20h30 - 22h30 : Photo After : Mixed images, DJ set et VJing.
Saturday 20 11h - 22h30 : Open to the public
18h30 - 20H30 : ART'PERITIF on invitation only 20h30 - 22h30 : Photo After : Mixed images, DJ set et VJing.
Sunday 21 11h - 20h30 : Open to the public ART'PERITIF Thursday 18, Friday 19 et Saturday 20.11 / 18h30 - 20h30 PHOTO AFTER Thursday 18, Friday 19 et Saturday 20.11 / 20h30 - 22h30
Festive evenings with DJ set and VJing. Pass : 12 € pass for 4 days : 5€ Students : Free for under 12 : For the people with the “Pass Paris Capitale”, 1 place bought, 1 place offered Photo After : 5€ Catalogue : 10€ RESTAURATION : on location at la Halle aux Oliviers de la Bellevilloise. 21 rue Boyer, 75020 Paris Info line and reservation : 0146360707 (recommended to call before as weekends are busy). ACCESS : Metro : GAMBETTA, sortie 5 rue Orfila Bus : 96 Station Pyrénées- Ménilmontant Noctilien N16, N34 Velib‟ : rue Boyer Taxi‟s : Place Gambetta Parking : Saint Fargeau (25 rue Saint Fargeau 75020 PARIS) 15 minutes by foot
EVENTS During the day :
Photographic cabin: Photomaton “La Joyeuse de Photographie” brings new light to the photo booths of the “50‟s and 60‟s : four different poses, a short story told in the biggest intimacy. By an easy and fun gesture and for only 2€ we invite you to personalize your identity photo, as to you yourself becoming part of the game and the experiment. No restrictions. And with nobody looking. In 4 poses. In black and white. Evènement - Labomaton: Labomaton is a project piloted by the photographer Fred Lebain, together with “La Joyeuse de Photographie”, “Les Prairies de Paris” and the agency “Be-Pôles”. Labomaton do their visual research based on the photo booths by working on such scenes as Dogme 95 of Lars Von Trier, imposing rules and contradictions to awaken the imagination, to force a creation and to push the boundaries of this genre. Work permanently in progress to be seen at the Galerie des Prairies in Paris, Labomaton is to be seen for the first time at Photo-Off, where the first big prints will be exposed. http://www.labomaton.com/
Conferences and debats : Photographer„s “speakers corner” (hours soon to be confirmed). Portfolio Review : (Hours soon to be confirmed). Friday November 19 / 18h30 - 20h30 : presentation of the 2011 International Art Diary edition (IAD)..
Evenings: Stello Production and EnDirectTV.com propose Photo After with DJ set and VJing (mixing images) animated by the duo Switch DJ Piper & VJ Stello www.stello.fr Night : La Bellevilloise proposes “les Nuits Capitales”. http://www.labellevilloise.com/ Contact : Art Event, 22 rue Orfila 75020 Paris Mail : [email protected] Site : www.photooff.com Tel : +33 6 26 40 54 54 +33 6 26 40 54 22 +33 1 40 33 64 67
LIST of GALLERIES
Galerie FOAM, Amsterdam
MKGalerie, Berlin-Rotterdam
Kodoji Kombawa ! By Sophie Boursat, Paris –
Tokyo
Photographic Projects Paris, Coup de cœur Janette
Danel
Galerie Photo4, Paris
Galerie Photo12, Paris, Valérie-Anne Giscard D'Estaing
Galeria Tagomago, Barcelone
Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris
Galerie Artraces,Paris
Galerie Émotion, Lydie Trigano, Paris
Espace Dupon, Paris
Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
White Space Gallery, Londres
Crown Gallery, Belgique
Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris
GadCollection, Paris
Van Krimpen, Amsterdam
Johann Soussi, Paris
Labomaton, Paris
LIST of PHOTOGRAPHERS
d'Agostin Renato
Attie Alice
Béchet Jean-Christophe
Blezinger Mark
Boulat Pierre
Caramés Maite
Crocco Margharita
Dobrowner Mitch
Deman Tanja
Gronsky Alexander
Gual Jordi
Hal Photographer
Herrero Lucia
Hugo Peter
Iijima Nozomi
Jamet Pierre
Joly Jean-François
Jun Zhou
Koji Onaka
Lebain Fred
Maleonn
Marrian Eric
Mc Caw Chris
Mellado Jose Maria
Niehaus Holger
Ningde Wang
Quade Bernhard
Secretan Thierry
Soussi Johann
Sutkus Antanas
Tanis Aram
Toroptsov Yury
Tourneboeuf Patrick
Van Ark Danielle
Van Der Salm Frank
Viksraitis Rimaldas
Vitali Massimo
Vrbaski Mirjana
Williams Graeme
Wilschut Hans
List non exhaustive.
“COUP DE COEUR” JANETTE DANEL, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Photographic Projects Paris,
Photographer represented: :
GALLERY‟S EXHIBITING (not final)
Galerie FOAM, Amsterdam
www.foam.nl Photographers represented:
Galerie Paris-Beijing, Paris-Pékin www.parisbeijingphotogallery.com Photographers represented:
Wang Ningde
Somme Days - 23
Maleonn Postman 03
Zhou Jun The red and the black - 37
Alexander Gronsky Vladivostok
Danielle van Ark baby deer 01
Peter Hugo Wild Honey Collector
Graeme Williams Serie Dog
MKGalerie, Berlin-Rotterdam www.mkgalerie.de Photographers represented:
Kodoji Kombawa ! By Sophie Boursat, Paris – Tokyo www.sophieboursat.com Photographers represented:
Galerie Photo4, Paris www.photo4.fr Photographers represented: :
Hans Wilschut Disposition
Aram Tanis Deconstruction-06
Holger Niehaus Untitled
Nozomi Iijima Série Pigs
Onaka Koji Tokyo Candy box
Photographer Hal Série couple Jam
Galerie Photo12, Paris, www.galerie-photo12.com Photographers represented:
Galeria Tagomago, Barcelona www.tagomago.com Photographers represented:
Galerie Émotion, Paris www.galerie-emotion.com Photographers represented:
Jean-Christophe Béchet Désert Atacama, Chili
Thierry Secretan L'empreinte
Renato d'Agostin Tokyo Untitled serie
Yury Toroptsov La maison de Baba Yaga
Jordi Gual El gato
Maite Caramés Ausencia #5
Lucia Herrero Serie Tribus
Jean-François Joly Trio Russie
Patrick Tourneboeuf Versailles 5 BD
Galerie Basia Embiricos, Paris http://www.galeriebasiaembiricos.com/ Photographers represented:
Espace Dupon, Paris www.espace.dupon.com Photographers represented:
Crown Gallery, Belgique http://www.crowngallery.be/ Photographers represented:
Margharita Crocco Playtimes
Mark Blezinger Bal Masqué
Bernhard Quade Clouds
Massimo Vitali Cefalu
Frank Van DerSalm Exposure
Brigitte BARDOT par Pierre BOULAT
Dina VIERNY par Pierre JAMET
Jose Maria Mellado Hotel by Tequendama Falls
Van Krimpen, Amsterdam
www.wimvankrimpen.nl
Photographers represented:
GadCollection, Paris
www.gadcollection.com
Photographers represented:
Duncan Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
www.duncanmillergallery.com Photographers represented:
Eric MARRIAN Carré blanc, étude n°3
Alice ATTIE Old man in Harlem
Mitch DOBROWNER Vapour Cloud
Chris Mc Caw Sunburned
Mirjana Vrbaski Girl
Tanja Deman Dam
Satijn Panyigay TheColorOfCoal
White Space Gallery, London www.whitespacegallery.co.uk
Photographers represented:
Johann Soussi, Photographe, Paris www.johannsoussi.com
Artraces, Paris www.artraces.fr
Photographer represented: René Pena
Antanas Sutkus Jean-Paul Sartre
Rimaldas Viksraitis Waiting
Sous verre (Monotype)
Escalier C Entresol
Los fosforos Untitled
Labomaton, Paris
www.labomaton.com Photographer represented: Fred Lebain
THE CREATORS, ORGANIZERS AND THE PRODUCTORS
Art Event is a specialized team that organizes artistic and cultural events at an international level
In Paris : - Co-creator and co-organizer of the art fair Art Elysées - Salon “Kitsch et du psychédélique” In Chine : - Preparation and presentation of French sculptures for the Universal exhibition of Shanghai 2010, - Creators and organizers of art fairs : Shanghai Art Fair, Art Shanghai, China Art Exposition(Beijing), Guangzhou Art Fair(Canton) and creators of the French Contemporary Art Fair in Hong- Kong In Europe : Lille, Lyon, Bruxelles, Berlin, London.
Art Event is directed by Eric Fantou, teacher for numerous years the University Paris VIII and at the moment at professor at l‟Icart (www.icartparis.com).
Tableau Banane La Boule
La Bellevilloise, co-organisator and productor Founded in 1877 after the “La Commune”, La Bellevilloise, first Parisian co-operative, was meant for the lesser few to be able to have an easier access to education and culture.
Since 2005, this memorable historic place in Paris has reopened it‟s doors with a strong project to bring life back into La Bellevilloise by creating a big independent space for artistic activities and happenings for the larger public, the enterprises and the media, unique to Paris.
Crossroads in between creators and the big public, this eclectic space has become the hotspot and welcomes new tendencies in many different areas including numerous contemporary art fairs (Slick, Expo Mai ‟68, young creators…)
Janette DANEL, artistic director Originally Dutch and living in Paris, she launches «Photo Off 2010». Art historian, specialized in museology, she was a contemporary photographic expert at Phillips de Pury in New York and London.
She was co-founder of the gallery « Chinese Eyes » in Hong Kong and Paris. She was a curator at “Les Rencontres d‟Arles and as independent curator she organized many photographic exhibitions throughout the world including Marc Riboud, Harry Gruyaert, Gao Brothers,... Janette also organized the exhibition “Tiananmen” at the FOAM museum in Amsterdam and then in Paris.
Today she is an expert in contemporary Chinese and South African photography. In 2009, Janette nominates the candidature of David Goldblatt for the Henri Cartier-Bresson Award who becomes
the laureate and also her second proposition Shai Kremer obtains 2e prize. In 2010, she presents the candidature of David Goldblatt for the « Lifetime Achievement Awards » in New York, and
whom becomes the laureate.
THE TEAM
ERIC FANTOU : Director in collaboration with RENAUD BARILLET
JANETTE DANEL : Artistic director
BASIA EMBIRICOS : Advisor
RODOLPHE AUBINEAU : Coordinator
CYRIL PLASSON : Communication
EMILIE CAILLAUD-HOUËL : Visual identity + catalogue
ONDINE HENRY : Directors assistant R. Barillet
CHARLOTTE LAFON assisted by NANTOU SOUMAHORO : responsible for communication, public relations and partnerships Media de La Bellevilloise
MATHIEU ARDAILLON : Production
STAN WALBERT : Concepter, animator of « Photo After » in collaboration with DJ PIPER
CINDY SUCHETET and AUDE PARMANTIER : Director assistants for general coordination and communication
Interview with the organizers : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4SDWW37HnY
Contact : Art Event, 22 rue Orfila 75020 Paris
Mail : [email protected] Site : www.photooff.com
Tel : +33 6 26 40 54 54 +33 6 26 40 54 22 +33 1 40 33 64 67
