Berlin (2011-2018): Homage to Auguste Rodin (Winter 2017): Le couple

Akim MONET (b. 1968)Archival Pigment Print on 100% cotton acid-free watercolor paper Image size: 82 x 57 cm, paper size: 100 x 70 cm Ed. 7PROVENANCESide by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH, BerlinEXHIBITEDThe Hand of God, Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH, Berlin2 May – 12 July 2014LITERATURERodin. An Engagement, photography by Akim Monet, artist’s e-catalogue, Berlin.NOTESRodin, who through his sculptor’s eye, transformed the human body into a vessel of expression, thereby recasting anatomy into emotion, was eager to discover how his work could metamorphose through another art form. Thus he often invited photographers into his studio, the most famous of whom was Edward Steichen. Following in this tradition, Akim Monet presented a spontaneous series of photographs to the Musée Rodin, which resulted in an invitation to produce a body of work at the museum. The present work is from a series visible here
Le couple, 2009

 

Akim MONET (b. 1968) 

Archival Pigment Print on 100% cotton acid-free watercolor paper  

Image size: 82 x 57 cm, paper size: 100 x 70 cm  

Ed. 7 

PROVENANCE 

Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH, Berlin 

EXHIBITED 

The Hand of God, Side by Side Gallery Akim Monet GmbH, Berlin 

2 May – 12 July 2014 

LITERATURE 

Rodin. An Engagement, photography by Akim Monet, artist’s e-catalogue, Berlin. 

NOTES 

Rodin, who through his sculptor’s eye, transformed the human body into a vessel of expression, thereby recasting anatomy into emotion, was eager to discover how his work could metamorphose through another art form. Thus he often invited photographers into his studio, the most famous of whom was Edward Steichen. Following in this tradition, Akim Monet presented a spontaneous series of photographs to the Musée Rodin, which resulted in an invitation to produce a body of work at the museum.  

The present work is from a series visible here