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Laurent Chéhère
Olivier Verdon
Laurent Chéhère
The Flying Houses are a surrealist and poetic vision of old Paris inspired by Jules Verne, Hayao Miyazaki, Albert Robida, Moebius, Robert Doisneau, Wim Wenders, Federico Fellini, William Klein, Serge Gainsbourg, Marcel Carné, Jean Cocteau and more. Housing, architecture, cinema, pop culture, street art, history, this series raises diverse subjects, futile or not. Separated from their urban context and broken free from the anonymity of the street, these buildings narrate or invente a story about lives, dreams and hopes of their inhabitants.
The images are photomontages of hundreds of elements captured and assembled afterward like a puzzle. The large scale of the picture allows curious observer to discover hidden details of these accurate reconstructions by proposing a double reading, one by far and one closely. The artist uses this distance to propose a different point of view. He gives some keys, but these flying houses remain open to the interpretation, it’s finally the observer who will make his own way.
Laurent Chéhère is a French artist born in Paris. He likes exploring cities, suburbs, countries, as he likes exploring all the fields of the photography, from Reportage to conceptual image. The “Flying Houses” were exhibited at ParisPhoto 2013, The Fence New York Festival 2016, Tokyo Photo Festival (2015), Seoul Lunar Photo Festival 2015, Photo Phnom Penh Festival 2013, Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography in Moscow 2015, Galeria Lume in Sao Paulo, Fotografica Bogota Festival 2015, Caumont Art center in Aix-en-Provence 2015, John Michael Kohler Arts Center 2017, Format 17 in Derby and the MUCEM in Marseille 2017.
Laurent Chéhère, born 1972 in Paris, lives and works in Paris.
EXHIBITIONS
2018„Flying Houses“ – Persiehl & Heine
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair, Persiehl & Heine
art Karlsruhe, Persiehl & Heine
„The Neo Victorians“ – group show, Hudson River Museum, New York
group show, Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York
2017„Bright Days ahead 17“ – group show, Persiehl & Heine
“Naturegëmalde” – group show, Inox Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
“Color of Macadam” – group show, Macadam Gallery, Brussels
SP Arte17, Inox Gallery, Sao Paulo
Format17, International Photography Festival, Derby, UK
AIPAD Photography Show, Jackson Fine Art Atlanta, New York
Lille Art’Up, Macadam Gallery, Brussels
“Awakening” – group show, Jules & Jim Hotel, Paris
“New Realities” – group show, Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York
“After Babel translate” – group show, MUCEM (Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean), Marseille
2016“Escape Route” – group show, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, exhibition, Sheyboygan
Arezzo & Fotografia, group show, Biennale, Italy
The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea, Beetles & Huxley Gallery, London
Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Muriel Guépin Gallery, Houston
Photoville Opening Night, New York
The Fence Outdoor Photography Festival, New York
Cosmocow, Contemporary art auction by Christie’s with Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow, Russiagroup, Cosmocow, Contemporary art auction by Christie’s with Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow
Tokyo International Photography Festival at Head on Photo Festival, Sydney
Quinconces Theater, Le Mans
group show, Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, China
Architecture and Urbanism and Environment Council, Limoges, France
group show, Jaipur Travel Photo Festival, India
2015Scope Miami Beach, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Miami
Lishui International Photography Festival, China
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Guatemala City
Tokyo International Photography Festival, United Photo Industries Gallery, New York
Tokyo International Photography Festival, Japan
Seoul Lunar International Photography Festival, South Korea
Nuart Festival, Reed Projects Gallery, Stavanger, Norway
City of Image, Clervaux, Luxemburg
solo show, Hotel de Caumont Art Center, Aix-en-Provence
Toronto Art Fair, Muriel Guepin Gallery
Paraty Em Foco, Lume Gallery, Sao Paulo
Artmkrt Hampton’s, art fair, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Bridgehampton, USA
solo show, The Lumiere Brothers Center for Photography, Moscow
Fotografica Bogota, Colombia
Art Miami New York, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Miami
San Francisco Art Market with Muriel Guepin Gallery, San Francisco
group show, Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York
2014Miami Project, Muriel Guepin Gallery
group show, City of Image, Clervaux, Luxemburg
group show, Reed Projects Gallery, Stavanger, Norway
Artmrkt Hamptons, Muriel Guépin Gallery, Bridgehampton, USA
solo show, Jules & Jim Hotel, Paris
Contemporary Art Center of Meymac, Abbey Saint-André, France
AAF New York, Muriel Guepin Gallery, USA
art Karlsruhe, Biesenbach Gallery, Germany
Art Stage Singapore, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Singapore
Art Fair London, Muriel Guepin Gallery, UK
group show, Galerie Dans le Ciel, Cannes, France
2013Photo Pnom Penh, group show, Cambodia
Miami Project, Muriel Guepin Gallery, Miami
ParisPhoto, Paris-Beijing Gallery, France
solo show, Galeria Inox, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
solo show, Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York
Parcours-Saint-Germain, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Paris
group show, Getxophoto, Bilbao, Spain
SP Arte13, Lume Gallery, Sao Paulo
solo show, Galeria Lume, Sao Paulo
group show, Paris-Beijing Gallery in Brussels
Art Paris, Paris-Beijing Gallery, France
art Karlsruhe, Biesenbach Gallery, Germany
Fototropia, La Fototeca Center for Contemporary Photography, group show, Guatemala City
group show, Biesenbach Gallery, Cologne
Art 13, Paris-Beijing Gallery, London
2012Context Art Fair, Gallery Paris-Beijing, Miami
solo show, Gallery Paris-Beijing in Paris
solo show, Gallery Paris-Beijing in Paris
SP Arte12, Lume Gallery, Sao Paulo
SLICK, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Paris
Fotofever, Paris-Beijing Gallery, Brussels
Pingyao International Festival of Photography, China
The Docks City of Fashion and Design, group show, Paris
Flying Houses
“Capernaum” 2024, digital color print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Vertigo” 2023, digital color print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Les trois Samuraïs” 2023, digital color print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Bohemian Rhapsody” 2022, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25[
“The Bird Charmer” 2021, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Twighlight of the Gods” 2020, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Solstice/Sonnenwende” 2020, digital colour print, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in, edition of 5
“Notre-Dame” 2019, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25[
“Bricabrac” 2019, digital colour print, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in, edition of 5
Sold
“The Linen” 2012, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, AP 2/2
“Still Life” 2013, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25
Sold
“To the Moon” 2018, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25[
“The Red Balloon” 2012, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, AP 2/2
![PINK©Laurent_Chehere[1]_1920px](https://persiehl-heine.de/ceemes/webfile/img/3133/PINK%C2%A9Laurent_Chehere-1-_1920px.jpg?x=1024&y=1024 "PINK©Laurent_Chehere[1]_1920px")
“Pink” 2017, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25
Sold
“The Circus” 2012, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25
Sold
“The Great illusion” 2012, digital colour print, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in, AP 2/2
“The Caravan” 2012, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, AP 1/2
“The Great Day” 2018, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25[
“Red” 2014, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Who are you ?” 2014, digital colour print, 47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in, edition of 7
“Cabaret” 2017, digital colour print, 35 1/2 x 35 1/2 in, edition of 7
“Lost Street” 2015, digital colour print, 10 x 10 in, edition of 25
Laurent Chéhère, book: “Flying Houses“, € 44,00
