Agnès Varda – Expo54
Agnès Varda – Expo54
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| Publisher | Delpire&co |
| ISBN | 9791095821632 |
| Idea Code | 260027 |
In June 1954, Agnès Varda opened the doors of her house on rue Daguerre to present a selection of portraits, nudes, and still lifes in her courtyard, right on the walls. Her street and its neighbours are her favourite subjects, including Alexander Calder, whom she met through Jean Vilar, as well as Hans Hartung and Brassaï. Visitors are introduced to images that are striking in their style, heralding the aesthetics of an entire career. Her humour and love of words already shine through; the personalisation of everyday objects through what she calls her “funny faces”; the heart-shaped potato almost fifty years before her documentary 'Les Glaneurs et La Glaneuse'; the first images of Sète, where the photographer discerns lines of force, arranges perspectives, plays with shapes and textures to the limit of abstraction.
| 72 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 30 cm, pb, French/English |
