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News: |
2011.11.28: |
Wilder Mann Show |
| First show of Wilder Mann at Fotohof in Salzburg. I'm also showing Winner face (2002) and Hereros (2007)... Krampus should invade the show! |
2011.05.14: |
Wilder Mann book soon |
| I've finished all my trips around the Wilder Mann project. We expect the book ready in March 2012. And the first exhibitions will take place in Salzburg in November 2012. |
2011.01.06: |
New series online |
| The "Sikh regiment of India", and the "Rudas" series are now online. |
2010.12.23: |
Nankin Performance |
| See the Nankin Performance online, on the W mag website. Selection curated by Hervé Mikaeloff. |
| W mag |
2010.11.08: |
New series online |
| You'll find the Wedding band (India) series and the Jockeys (France) series... More online soon (Wilder Mann, Sikh regiment of India, Rudas). |
2010.08.22: |
Cover of IL mag, Italy |
| In 2009, Intelligence in Lifestyle magazine was selected for one of the top ten covers of the year with my Hereros picture... Let's hope for the best with the numero 22, again a great collaboration with Raffaele Vertaldi... |
2010.06.29: |
FANTASIAS in Numero mag |
| Don't forget to catch the first printing of an extract of the fantasias series... Soon, I'll also receive the first copies of the ITZA' book, made in Mexico. More soon. |
2010.06.07: |
magazines |
| Soccer players in the New-York times magazine, Brasilians Fantasia in Numero Magazine, France. |
2010.02.03: |
Lectures |
| Come to my presentation of the EMPIRE book at the Jeu de Paume in Paris, the 18th of february. And don't hesitate to go to my lecture at FOTODOK, in Utrecht, the 19th... |
| Fotodok |
2010.01.20: |
Short school Haka |
| The Short school Haka series is now online. |
2010.01.05: |
series online |
| "Tivoli-garden" series and "Squeak" series are now online. |
2009.11.16: |
EMPIRE/ VIS VOLUNTATIS |
| The Empire book will be also published in Italian by PELITI. The book will be available in January... same for the Kehrer and Thames&Hudson. It will be pretty easy to get some copies online and the distribution will be optimal too. |
2009.09.25: |
EMPIRE BOOK |
| Kehrer published the English Version, Thames&Hudson published the French one. You'll find the Empire book soon online and in bookshops. |
2009.06.29: |
Short school Haka in Wien |
| Back from New Zealand. The show of this Short school Haka series will be at the Kunsthalle of Wien until October 2009. |
2009.04.30: |
POC workshop |
| The 7th POC workshop will take place in Salzburg, Austria. At the same time, you can visit my show at the Momentum gallery in Wien. And, yes, I ll put some new pictures online soon. |
2009.02.25: |
Vis Voluntatis in Brazil |
| I finished my project last night, with the final parade of the carnival of Pocos de Caldas, MR, Brazil. I was on my own truck wih the fantasia I designed with the help of the samba school Saci po. The third and final chapter of the vis voluntatis project will take place in China, as an extension of my Bi Yan project... My costume should be ready in two weeks... |
2008.12.16: |
Facebook me? |
| If you want to see a large body of images of the Vis voluntatis performance, get on facebook and look for my name. Until I make a website dedicated to this, have a look! |
| try this |
2008.10.28: |
Samba school in Brazil |
| I m now in Pocos de Caldas, guest of the Saci-po Samba school. Going on my FANTASIAS project. I will work in two steps, as I did with the Empire series and the Opera series. First I document a series of portraits, and then, I ll design my own fantasia to take part of the next carnival, with my own colors, my own allegory,,, |
2008.10.23: |
Too busy |
| A show in Hyères (Les fleurs du Paradis) to see at the Villa Noailles, Hyères. Check! I can also do some landscape if you push me! A portfolio show in Marseille at the Atelier De visu with a workshop in November. |
| Villa Noailles |
2008.08.19: |
Talking about my work |
| In French only... Interview with Sylvain Bourmeau, on the web magazine MEDIAPARTabout Empire, and my work in General (Sander, the Becher, primitive painting). |
| mediapart |
2008.07.24: |
成人式Seijinshiki in Osaka |
| Have a look at the Seijinshiki series on this site and at the MEM gallery of Osaka. The gallery leaded by Katsuya Ishida is showing the Seijinshiki series for the first time in Osaka. |
| Site of MEM Gallery |
2008.07.19: |
Listen to me... |
| You could listen to this audioguide about the Empire series. I'll come back soon on my last three busy weeks including the second Vis voluntatis performance and my trip in Belfast to photograph the Orange Order... |
| Arles Audioguide |
2008.07.08: |
Arles! |
| I'm just back from the Arles Festival. The opening of the festival curated by Christian Lacroix was yesterday. I'm glad to show Empire there. And yesterday, we did again the Vis voluntatis performance. Look at the link... you can see the webTV of the festival. The second reportage is about the performance. |
| Web TV Arles |
2008.06.11: |
Soon in Arles |
| I now finalize the Empire show for the Arles festival. The exhibition will start the 7th of july. For the opening, the Vis voluntatis performance will take place in the middle of the show too. |
2008.04.11: |
Seijinshiki in Den Haag |
| Opening of my show at Galerie Nouvelles Images. I show the Seijinshiki series for the first time and the Hereros portfolio. |
2008.01.28: |
Shanghai Opera |
| I'm just back from Shanghai. I was invited by the new Museum of Contemporary Art to come at the opening of the opening of the "Unseen" Show (about young contemporary photography). My project about the Chinese Opera is going on. Not only based on photography, I progressively open myself to the idea of the performance mixted with a long preparation including the production of costumes, make up, design... I expect to be able to show my entire Opera project in China before the end of the year... |
2007.12.13: |
New series online! |
| Hereros, Seijinshiki, New Opera are now online. The Seijinshiki series will be printed in my next book, as a collaboration with the manga designer 'Little Fish' (Tokyo). The Portfolio of the Hereros Series will be presented in 2008 too. |
2007.11.29: |
Greetings from Beijing |
| I ve just worked for a week zith the school of chinese opera of beijing. This time I worked with two professors for a make-up project. I ll present my first collages around this series in 2008. Images soon online too. |
2007.11.12: |
Paris photo 2007 |
| I'll show my work in three galleries: Galerie Kicken (Berlin) with a Giant portrait of my last series (Himbas), Galerie des filles du calvaire (Paris) with a giant portrait of the Opera series, and MEM gallery (Osaka) with the rikishi portfolio. |
| website of Paris photo |
2007.10.03: |
About Europe |
| Tomorow, the 4th, I'll have a talk at the "centre culturel suisse" about Europe and its community. I'll talk with Willy Beauvallet, sociologist about the representation of the Identity. It will start at 6 pm, 38 rue des Francs-bourgeois, Paris |
Exhibitions: |
2011-06-25 to 2011-09-30 |
| Frac Basse-Normandie, Caen www.frac-bn.org |
2011-05-13 to 2011-06-12 |
| Bunkier Sztuki, Cracaw |
2011-01-21 to 2011-01-23 |
| Indian Art Summit www.indiaartsummit.com/ |
2010-10-10 to 2011-01-16 |
| CRAC Alsace www.cracalsace.com/ |
2010-10-07 to 2010-11-30 |
| Festival Planche contact, Deauville |
2010-10-05 to 2010-11-02 |
| Matthieu Foss Gallery, Mumbai www.matthieufossgallery.com |
2010-06-16 to 2010-08-15 |
| Seoul Museum of Art www.seoulmoa.org |
2010-05-26 to 2010-05-30 |
| Art Amsterdam |
2010-05-21 to 2010-09-21 |
| Musée des terre-neuvas, Fécamp, France |
2010-05-15 to 2010-06-23 |
| Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, Nederland |
2010-05-12 to 2010-05-16 |
| Madrid photo fair, Ego galeria |
2010-01-29 to 2010-02-28 |
| Fotodok festival, Utrecht www.fotodok.org |
2009-10-21 to 2010-11-21 |
| Maison des Arts, Evreux |
2009-10-01 to 2009-11-25 |
| Caption Gallery, New York |
2009-09-23 to 2009-10-27 |
| Berliner liste (Ego Galeria) |
2009-09-04 to 2009-09-27 |
| Journées photographiques de Bienne 2009.fototage.ch/fr/expos/artistes/charles-freger.130.html |
2009-07-03 to 2009-10-20 |
| Kunshalle Wien, Austria |
2009-05-08 to 2009-07-25 |
| Dress code, ISELP, Brussels www.iselp.be |
2009-05-07 to 2009-05-10 |
| Vienna fair, Momentum www.viennafair.at |
2009-05-07 to 2009-05-10 |
| madrid photo fair www.madridfoto.es |
2009-04-29 to 2009-06-13 |
| Galerie Momentum, Wien www.momentum.co.at |
2009-04-18 to 2009-06-27 |
| "Hors jeu", Espace culturel Francois Mitterand, Beauvais |
2008-12-28 to 2009-02-22 |
| Centre photographique de Cherbourg-Octeville |
2008-12-03 to 2008-12-07 |
| In fashion photo fair, Miami |
2008-11-13 to 2008-11-16 |
| Paris photo fair |
2008-10-30 to 2009-01-11 |
| Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul |
2008-10-19 to 2009-01-04 |
| Villa Noailles, Hyères, France www.villanoailles-hyeres.com |
2008-10-09 to 2008-11-28 |
| Atelier De Visu, Marseille www;atelierdevisu.fr |
2008-09-24 to 2008-11-15 |
| Galerie des filles du calvaire, Bruxelles www.fillesducalvaire.com |
2008-07-22 to 2008-08-12 |
| MEM gallery, Osaka www.mem-inc.jp |
2008-07-08 to 2008-09-14 |
| rencontre international d'Arles |
2008-05-29 to 2008-06-25 |
| Parcours St Germain, Paris http://www.parcoursaintgermain.com/ |
2008-05-15 to 2008-06-29 |
| Festival Transphotographiques, Lille |
2008-05-11 to 2008-06-15 |
| Muée des Beaux-Arts, St Lo, France |
2008-04-18 to 2008-04-21 |
| Art Bruxelles, Galeries des filles du Calvaire |
2008-04-03 to 2008-04-06 |
| Tokyo Artfair, MEM Gallery |
2008-04-03 to 2008-05-21 |
| Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag www.nouvellesimages.nl |
2008-03-09 to 2008-06-29 |
| Kasseler KunstVerein, Kassel |
2008-02-13 to 2008-02-18 |
| ARCO, Madrid. Galerie Kicken |
2008-01-27 to 2008-03-18 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai www.mocashanghai.org/index.php?_function=exhibition&_subFunction=currentExhibition |
2007-09-08 to 2007-10-20 |
| Galerie Ronmandos, Amsterdam ronmandos.resourcestudio.nl/exhibition/current |
2007-08-25 to 2007-10-05 |
| Kunsthalle, Liestal (S) |
2007-07-08 to 2007-05-31 |
| Dorottya Galeria/Ernstmuseum, Budapest www.ernstmuzeum.hu/dorottya/kiall.php |
2007-05-11 to 2007-07-14 |
| Galeries Les filles du Calvaire, Bruxelles |
2007-05-08 to 2007-05-12 |
| Art Amsterdam - Galerie Nouvelles Images |
2007-04-25 to 2007-04-28 |
| Art Chicago, Stephen Daiter Gallery |
2007-04-07 to 2007-04-08 |
| Tokyo Art fair, MEM Gallery |
2007-04-05 to 2007-06-17 |
| Centro Internazionale di Fotografia |
2007-04-01 to 2007-04-15 |
| Koninklijk Atheneum Berchem, Antwerpen |
2007-03-25 to 2007-05-05 |
| Galerie des filles du calvaire, Paris www.fillesducalvaire.com |
2007-03-01 to 2007-03-04 |
| POC Workshop at the Photomuseum of Antwerpen www.pocproject.com |
2007-01-20 to 2007-01-20 |
| Symposium at the Kyoto University of Art and Design |
2007-01-14 to 2007-01-14 |
| Lecture at the School of Photographic Expression, Osaka |
2007-01-09 to 2007-01-09 |
| Lecture at the Kyoto University of Art and Design |
2007-01-07 to 2007-03-03 |
| Expo CLINIC, Pole image H.N Rouen |
2006-12-07 to 2006-12-10 |
| Art Basel, Miami beach (Kicken gallery) |
2006-11-15 to 2006-11-19 |
| Paris photo fair (Filles du Calvaire) |
2006-11-11 to 2006-12-13 |
| Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag |
2006-07-03 to 2006-10-10 |
| Museum of Modern Art (MUDAM) Luxembourg www.mudam.lu |
2006-06-17 to 2006-07-23 |
| POC show, Alone Together. Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag |
2006-06-14 to 2006-06-18 |
| ART BASEL, Kicken Gallery |
2006-06-02 to 2006-07-27 |
| Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago www.stephendaitergallery.com |
2006-05-18 to 2006-06-26 |
| The Prague Contemporary Art Festival, Nova Sin www.tina-b.com/areas/sect3.html |
2006-04-30 to 2006-06-25 |
| Kunsthalle, Erfurt, Germany www.kunsthalle-erfurt.de |
2006-04-21 to 2006-04-24 |
| Art Brussel, Kicken Gallery |
2006-02-08 to 2006-02-12 |
| Aipad, NY, Kicken Gallery |
2005-12-01 to 2005-12-04 |
| Miami Art fair, Kicken Gallery |
2005-11-16 to 2005-11-20 |
| Paris photo fair, Galerie Les filles du Calvaire |
2005-10-08 to 2005-12-14 |
| La halle, Pont-en-Royan |
2005-09-23 to 2005-11-12 |
| Kicken gallery, Berlin |
2005-09-20 to 2005-10-19 |
| Photo festival of Breda, Holland www.bredaphoto.nl/ |
2005-06-15 to 2005-06-20 |
| ART BASEL, Kicken gallery |
2005-05-26 to 2005-06-26 |
| Museo nacional de artes visuales, Montevideo |
2005-04-28 to 2005-05-18 |
| Moving Gallery, Spazi Multipli Gallery, Roma www.fotografiafestival.com |
2005-04-17 to 2005-05-17 |
| Fine Art Museum, Shanghai |
2005-03-15 to 2005-05-15 |
| Museo de arte moderno de Buenos Aires |
2005-03-11 to 2005-03-14 |
| Armory show, New York, Kicken Gallery |
2005-03-10 to 2005-04-10 |
| Musee des beaux-arts de Clermont-Ferrand |
2005-03-05 to 2005-04-02 |
| Johnnie Walker"s Art, Tokyo |
2005-01-29 to 2005-02-27 |
| Yokohama Museum of Art parallaxscope.net/RIKISHI/ |
2005-01-22 to 2005-02-23 |
| Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag |
2004-12-02 to 2004-12-05 |
| Art Basel, MIami |
2004-11-25 to 2004-12-26 |
| Centro Cultural Mattucana 100, Santiago de Chili |