Jeu de Paume

Marc Pataut

Proximities

18 Jun - 22 Sep 2019

© Marc Pataut
Le Bain de Natacha
Saint-Denis, dimanche 3 juillet 1994, projet "Le Cornillon – Grand Stade"
MARC PATAUT
Proximities
18 June 2019 - until 22 September 2019

Curator : Pia Viewing

The exhibition by Marc Pataut (born in Paris in 1952) presents a corpus of around fifteen photographic series, some of which are being exhibited for the first time. The artist’s work explores the individual’s relationship both to themselves and to society. His pictures reveal faces, bodies, affiliations and life stories. Linked to specific sites and regions, his projects grow organically over long periods and are nourished by an accumulation of personal and collective experiences.

The exhibition features a selection of his photographic essays produced between 1981 and the present day. This is not a retrospective, however. Rather, it is an artistic proposition focused on his art works and the evolution over time of their political relationships to society, space and territory.
Frequently shaped by debates, exchanges and struggles, his work is a form of social and political thought. The works featured in the exhibition and the accompanying catalogue propose another relationship: that between the artworks and the public.

Exhibition organised by the Jeu de Paume

Media partners: Libération, Médiapart, TSF Jazz

Special thanks to l'Hôtel Élysées Mermoz and Lulu dans ma rue