Paul Pouvreau

Presentation

Since the early 1980s, Paul Pouvreau has been developing a body of photographic work that highlights ordinary, insignificant objects: domestic appliances, boxes, plastic bags, dust... His aim is to "focus attention on those little things of no consequence that often house just about everything". His work is also marked by a figure with an imperceptible face, treated anonymously and on the same level as the objects. While plumbing the real, Pouvreau also dips into the History of Art and sets up his photographs as installations. What interests him is the way in which the visual signs he chooses (logos and various types of packaging) dialogue with both everyday space and the space of the exhibition. Continually questioning the image and its representation, his artistic work integrates drawings and collages as well.

Public collections

Artothèque de Caen

Artothèque de Vitré

Artothèque de Limoges

Artothèque de Lyon

Artothèque de Nantes

Fonds National d?Art Contemporain

FRAC Corse

FRAC Franche-Comté

FRAC Limousin

FRAC Paris

FRAC Alsace

Musée de Valence

Caisse des dépôts et des consignations (collection Centre Pompidou, Paris)

Exhibitions

Au propre comme au figuré

November 15 2019 - January 18 2020

Paris Photo 2019

Group show

7 - 10 November 2019

Photofairs | Shanghai 2019

Group show

21 - 22 September 2019

Interférences

Édouard Prulhière

September 7 - October 1 2016

News

Effacer/révéler

September 11 - November 7 2020

Portrait(s) 2020

Sébastien Camboulive,

Aymeric Fouquez,

Arlene Gottfried,

Bruce Wrighton

September 5 - October 25 2020

Flower Power

July 4 - August 30 2020

Un jour, deux fois

February 23 - April 2 2020

Photographie et documents, 1983-2018

André Mérian

October 12, 2019 - January 5 2020

Talk with Paul Pouvreau and Edouard Prulhière

Édouard Prulhière

September 24, 2016