I was walking through the fields, when suddenly a building sprang from the earth
Solo Show
Mur Nomade, Hong Kong
7-05-2016 > 25-06-2016
Curator : Amandine Hervey
I was walking through the fields, when suddenly a building sprang from the earth is Manon Recordon’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong, part of Le French May arts festival. The exhibition showcases an installation of photographic and video works bringing life to Impressionist paintings and questioning the notion of landscape in the contemporary context of digital modes of representation.
Using montages and associations of still and moving images, Recordon juxtaposed Impressionist brushstrokes, found digital images and pixels of video games, and constructed a disparate yet consonant assemblage of temporalities. The artist conceived her installation as a décor, incorporating photographic fragments of Claude Monet’s Nymphéa as backdrop and on the floor. She invites the visitor to take a walk through the scattered videos and contrasting images, wishing to involve him or her as an actor of History.
The commission of this new ensemble of works to Manon Recordon was prompted by the preparation of the exhibition Claude Monet: The Spirit of Place by Le French May arts festival at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. With I was walking through the fields, when suddenly a building sprang from the earth, Mur Nomade wishes to offer a complementary perspective to the Monet exhibition with a reading of the artistic languages of the past through the eyes of a contemporary artist and their translations into new modes of expressions. Amandine Hervey
When suddenly, loop, 2016
A building sprang from the earth, 160 x 120 - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016
After Monet II, 105 x 150 - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016
After Monet I, 105 x 150 - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016
When suddenly, 120x150 cm - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016 I was walking through the fields, 120 x 160 cm - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016
Real world, blow up, Utopia, 120x150 cm - print on PhotoRag Baryta, 2016