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Biografie
Vincent Fournier (b. 1970, Burkina Faso) is a French photographer whose work explores the past, present and future in relation to utopian ideas of space travel; how has the past influenced the present? What are expectations for the future and has the future already happened?
After an education in both sociology and the visual arts, Fournier studied at the National School of Photography in Arles to obtain his diploma in 1997 before working as a creative director and photographer within the advertising and film industry. In 2004, he left to travel around the world which would provide the space and time to realise his first series, Tour Operator. This was also the starting point of many characteristics that now define Fournier’s practice; a shrewd attention to architectural form, a precise, rudimentary aesthetic and a compulsion to render contrasts in scale.
Fournier’s commitment to outer space and our representations of it have fuelled him to gain unparalleled access to various leading space and research centers around the world. NASA, the European Space Agency, the Russian Space Agency and the European Southern Observatory are amongst those institutions that Fournier has spent decades negotiating access to, giving way to a unique perspective that few will ever have the chance to see apart from through the frame of his photographs.
His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) New York, the Centre Pompidou Paris, MAST Foundation Bologna, the Vontobel Art Collection Zürich, Baccarat Art Collection New-York, Domaine des Etangs Massignac, the LVMH contemporary Art collection Paris (with Le Bon Marché) or Fondation Bullukian Lyon among others.
He has been participating in major exhibitions such as « the Universe and Art » at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo and the Art Science Museum in Singapore or solo shows at the Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo) during Foto Industria 2018 or les Rencontres d’Arles in 2014. -
Exposities
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Fotografiska Stockholm | 'SPACE'
Groupexhibition with Vincent Fournier 18 October 2024 - 2 March 2025Throughout history, humans have looked up to the stars and tried to understand what is out there. Space represents how we can expand the outer limits for what is possible,...Lees meer -
Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature | 'Uchronie'
Vincent Fournier 11 April - 17 September 2023In his futuristic and dreamlike universe, Vincent Fournier invents magical animals, fantastic settings, images that challenge us. Fournier is a multi-talented artist: known for his activity as a photographer, the...Lees meer -
'I'M SORRY DAVE'
Bownik, Philippe Braquenier, Vincent Fournier, Koen Hauser, Inez & Vinoodh, Martina Sauter 5 November 2022 - 14 January 2023Across a sleek and clinical universe of Kubrick’s own design, the movie projected an artificial intelligence so sophisticated that it would, sooner or later, defy its creators; ‘I’m sorry Dave,’...Lees meer -
LE PRIX SWISS LIFE À 4 MAINS | 'Auctus Animalis'
Vincent Fournier 6 September 2022 - 21 October 2023This exhibition will travel around and will be on view at the following locations: From September 6 to 24, 2022: revelation at the Clémentine de la Féronnière gallery , Paris....Lees meer -
'One of a Kind'
A 10-year anniversary show with unique pieces 3 September - 22 October 2022When, in 2012, Narda van 't Veer and Jasper Bode founded The Ravestijn Gallery, they were amongst the few galleries in the Netherlands who felt photography was more than simply...Lees meer -
Summershow 2020: 'The Salon Show'
in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer 13 June - 22 August 2020The Ravestijn Gallery is pleased to announce The Salon Show, created in collaboration with Ingeborg Ravestijn Antiques and The Wunderkammer. The exhibition will show over 80 works from (all) represented...Lees meer -
'Space Utopia'
Vincent Fournier 30 March - 11 May 2019Space Utopia collects over a decade of Fournier’s work surrounding space exploration on earth. Evoking a tenacious nostalgia toward the science fiction of the twentieth century, his photographs reflect on...Lees meer -
'Brasilia'
Vincent Fournier 16 April - 28 May 2016Brasília is a city composed of reinforced concrete, a paragon of the tenets of modernist architecture and city planning. Enfolded by the artificial Paranoá Lake, the city fashions a curious...Lees meer -
'Past Forward'
Vincent Fournier 6 September - 31 October 2014In September 2014, The Ravestijn Gallery presented photographer Vincent Fournier’s work from his uncanny series ‘Space Project’ and ‘The Man Machine’ (2012). Shown for the first time in the Netherlands,...Lees meer -
'Post Natural History'
Vincent Fournier 17 May - 30 June 2013In the work of the French photographer, Vincent Fournier, science features prominently. Since visiting the Palais de la Découverte in Paris as a young boy, the wonders of the world,...Lees meer
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Series
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Art Fairs
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Approche 2022
'AUCTUS ANIMALIS' BY VINCENT FOURNIER AND SÉBASTIEN GAXIE 10 - 13 November 2022With pride we present you this years winners of the Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize, Sébastien Gaxie and our very own Vincent Fournier . At...Lees meer -
Photo Basel 2018
Duo presentation Vincent Fournier / Alinka Echeverria 12 - 17 June 2018Photo Basel is Switzerland’s first and only international art fair dedicated to photography based art. Photo Basel brings together galleries from around the world in...Lees meer
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Publications
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'AUCTUS ANIMALIS'
by Vincent Fournier & Sebastian Gaxie Vincent Fournier & Sebastian Gaxie, 2022Hardcover, 64 pagesLees meer
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'Post Natural History'
by Vincent Fournier Limited edition box set of 50, contains 20 colour prints on Fuji Crystal Archive Paper mounted onto embossed boardSpecial BoxLees meer
Publisher: Les Editions Be-Poles
Dimensions: 33,5 x 49 cm
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Press
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With 'Uchronie' Vincent Fournier lives in the realm of the chimerical.
Gilles Renault, Libération Magazine, June 10, 2023 -
Brutalist dreams: how visual artist Vincent Fournier photographs past visions of the future
Peter Martin, Effect Magazine, June 9, 2023 -
RETROFUTURISME
Jeroen Bos, FD Persoonlijk, December 31, 2022 -
I'm Sorry Dave: art in the footsteps of Stanley Kubrick's universe
Design Mate, December 1, 2022 -
EXHIBITION REVIEW: 'I'M SORRY DAVE'
Caroline Johnson, Musée Magazine , November 29, 2022 -
New exhibition samples the deep space and alien vibes of Stanley Kubrick’s work
Jonathan Bell, Wallpaper*, November 5, 2022 -
Auctus Animalis by Vincent Fournier & Sébastien Gaxie
Denis Lavant, Filigranes, September 23, 2022 -
The unknown: the new frontier of living
Alessandro Scarano, Domus, July 14, 2022 -
The Swiss Life 4 Hands Prize has just announced its winners!
Apolline Coeffet, Fisheye Magazine, January 29, 2022 -
L'oeil de la Photographie: Vincent Fournier
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Vincent Fournier: a time traveler taking the past into the future / In conversation with Alice Zucca
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L'Officiel Art
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Trendland
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Hypebeast
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SixtySix
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Architectural Landscape
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FD Persoonlijk
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Het Parool
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The Guardian
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Financial Times
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American Airlines Magazine
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WeTransfer
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Wired
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Previiew
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The Guardian
June 22, 2017
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