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JEAN-MICHEL FAUQUET ‘KAÏROS’ ON VIEW AT HAIM CHANIN

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NEW YORK CITY — Haim Chanin Fine presents “Jean-Michel Fauquet: Kaïros,” the French photographer’s first solo exhibition in New York, on view through June 30. The exhibition features six large-scale pigment prints on cotton paper, two large silver prints and 24 silver prints on black and white barite paper with paint highlights.

An opening reception for the artist will take place at the gallery Thursday, May 3, from 7 to 9 pm.

To create these images, Fauquet first builds imaginary objects and scenes out of cardboard. Once assembled, painted and staged, those objects are photographed one by one. Each print is then painted and waxed, coming out like dark tanned leather, where the light seems imprisoned, manipulated in order to create each time a different scene, a different moment.

Born in 1950, Fauquet lives and works in Paris. His work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the collections of Francois Pinault, France, the Centre Pompidou-Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, among others.

Haim Chanin Fine Arts is at 121 West 19 Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues. Following Fauquet’s exhibition, the gallery will present new works by French painter Vicky Colombet, opening September.

For additional information, www.haimchanin.com or 646-230-7200.