Georges Rousse
Georges Rousse was born in France in 1947; he received his first Kodak Brownie camera at age nine. While Rousse attended Medical school in Nice, Italy he began to study professional photography. Soon after, Rousse opened his own studio and became a photographer. Rousse primarily focused on architectural photography however after discovering Land Art Rousse began to alter his focus. Rousse started to make installations dealing with the relationship of painting and space. In 2008, Rousse was granted as an associate member of the Belgian Royal Academy.
Rousse began photographing primarily architecture later he began to expand his creative work by adding illusions to space, Rousse stated, “… I wanted to speak on the photographic space itself. Not on the image but the reality directly.” (Menossi) Rousse mainly creates illusions in abandon or close to being demolished spaces. Rousse paints geometric shapes in these abandoned spaces creating a two-dimensional illusion in a three-dimensional space and then photographs it. When looking at Rousse’s final products (the photographs of the space) they almost could be passed off as Photoshop altered images.
Rousse said, “When I arrive in a space it’s like painter in front of an empty canvas, he’s intimated by the emptiness of the space or the emptiness of a canvas and to break into that empty space is a joy for an artist.” (World News)
I am attracted to his work because of the way it tricks the eye. For my project, I want to try and find a way to blend my images within each other. I also appreciate how Rousse’s work makes you think, “what’s painted and what’s not?” it makes you linger longer and spend more time with each image.
Georges Rousse, Vitry, 2007
Georges Rousse, Metz, 1994
Georges Rousse, Geneve, 2003
Georges Rousse, Dravert, 2007
Video of how Georges Rousse's work is made ( I can't figure out how to add a video on here sorry) Georges Rousse video (http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=8QC7JfSX62Y&feature=related)
Interview with Georges Rousse
Georges Rousse has two upcoming solo exhibitions, one is at the RX Gallery in Paris November 12, 2010- January 12, 2011 and the other exhibition is at the Catherine Putman Gallery in Paris November 6, 2010- January 7, 2011.
Works Cited
Menossi, Matthew. Photographer of the Invisible. Evene, Toute La Culture. May 2008. 17 September 2010. <http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evene.fr/arts/actualite/interview-georges-rousse-photographie-1418.php&ei=lA-UTIv5LcP48AaK4diSDA&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dgeorges%2Brousse%2Binterview%26hl%3Den%26prmd%3Dvo>.
Georges Rousse Biography. Georges Rousse Website. 17 September 2010. <http://www.georgesrousse.com/english/informations/biography.html>.
Rachel Nogueyra'm from Brazil and I do not know the English language to write this comment I'm using google transleitor.
ReplyDeleteThis text is pretty much on the work of artist I am studying for a college work. I'm going on my Facebook divir this blog as a link.
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Sou Raquel Nogueyra do Brasil e não sei a lingua inglesa para escrever esse comentario estou usando o google transleitor.
Esse texto é muito bonito sobre o trabalho desse artista que estou estudando para um trabalho da faculdade. Vou divir no meu Facebook esse blog como ligação.
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