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CHRIS LEVINE (NÉ EN 1960)
Lightness of Being, Buckingham Palace, Londres, 2004
tirage lenticulaire 3D, tiré en 2010, monté sur support cartonné
signé, daté et numéroté '55/200' à l'encre (montage, verso)
image/feuille/montage : 66 x 46 cm. (2538 x 18.6/8 in.)
Ce tirage est le numéro cinquante-cinq d'une édition de deux-cents exemplaires.

3D LENTICULAR PRINT, PRINTED 2010, FLUSH-MOUNTED ON BOARD; SIGNED, DATED AND NUMBERED '55/200' IN INK (FLUSH MOUNT, VERSO)
Provenance
Collection privée, France
Literature
Catalogue d'exposition, Out of focus : photography Saatchi Gallery, Saatchy Gallery, Booth-Clibborn Editions, Londres, 2012.
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La reine Elisabeth II, figure du monarque, émane sereinement de cette photographie de Chris Levine. Ce dernier joue avec les codes du genre à la manière des grands portraitistes. En effet, la photographie du souverain doit l’incarner tout en matérialisant un idéal. La composition se dessine ici entre le choix des lumières, de la posture, des attributs, des textures mais aussi avec le parti pris singulier du tirage lenticulaire 3D. Ainsi, cette technique offre l’impression de profondeur et de mouvement, Elisabeth II surprend, l’œuvre se découvre différemment.
L’image spéculaire inspirera au photographe le fameux Lightness of being comme un sentiment profond de sérénité au creux d’une respiration, les yeux clos. La Reine lui dira quelques jours plus tard en entendant son titre “Well, things aren’t always as they seem”.

The image of the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, radiates from this photograph by Chris Levine. Like other great portraitists, the artist plays with the conventions of the genre. The photograph of the sovereign must represent her while at the same time embodying an ideal. Here, the composition takes shape through the choice of light, posture, symbols and textures, as well as through the distinctive use of 3D lenticular prints – a technique that creates an impression of depth and movement. This portrait of Elizabeth II is surprising, and the artwork reveals itself in an unfamiliar way.
The mirror-like image reminded the photographer of the famous Lightness of Being, a deep feeling of serenity in the depths of a breath, eyes closed. A few days later, on hearing this title, the Queen remarked, “Well, things aren’t always as they seem”.

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