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RANCINAN

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Page 1: RANCINAN - Opera Gallery · the Sunday Times Magazine just to name a few. Since the end of the 1990’s, his work has entered the art world and has been exhibited in a lot of galleries

RANCINAN

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Gérard Rancinan comes from the South West region of France. He begins his career at an early age working for the newspaper Sud Ouest as a photojournalist covering the local news.

He is discovered by the renowned photo press agency Sygma, which distributes his work during nearly 15 years. He reports news around the world, from natural disasters to sports tournaments and championships as well as wars, riots, features on people in show business, the fashion world or movies (for instance The Last Emperor by Bertolucci or Ran by Kurosawa).

He won several major prizes, including the first prize of the World Press four times over.

Craving freedom, Rancinan becomes freelance in 1989. He finances his projects on his own and then sells them to magazines. His first project, a series of portraits of deposed political leaders called “Kings with no kingdoms” is an incredible success. Several projects follow on, portraits of famous people of the political, artistic and sports scenes, as well as portraits of Hiroshima survivors or photos of the Chinese Olympic games. The profit made on a project finances the next one.

He also does a series called “Metamorphosis and Still Lifes” in which he revisits the great masterpieces of Art history and re-stages them to describe our disrupted world. A photo of this series called The Raft of Illusions, a reinterpretation of the painting Raft of the Medusa by Géricault, is sold for over 70,000 Euros in 2008 by the Parisian auction house Drouot. Rancinan then becomes one of the top photographers in terms of selling value.

His work is regularly published in magazines around the world and was on the cover of Paris Match, Life Magazine, Stern and the Sunday Times Magazine just to name a few.

Since the end of the 1990’s, his work has entered the art world and has been exhibited in a lot of galleries and museums world-wide (Palais de Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona, The Triennale Design Museum in Milano, Espace Cardin in Paris, Louvre Museum, etc…). It is also part of prestigious private collections and almost ten books are dedicated to his work.

The photographs by Rancinan, always daring or out of sync shock us in a positive or negative way but do not leave us indifferent. This artist captures images and each of them recounts a special story. He appears to be a witness to the changes of our world. Each photograph requires an incredible amount of preparation work (setting, casting, costumes, research, etc…) and an important budget. No detail is overseen. Rancinan insists that everything that appears on his images is in the original shoot and that retouching is kept to a bare minimum. What he shows is real.

Gérard Rancinan est originaire du Sud Ouest de la France. Il commence sa carrière très jeune. A 18 ans, il est le plus jeune photojournaliste de France travaillant pour le journal local Sud Ouest.

Il est très vite remarqué par l’agence Sygma, qui le distribue pendant près de 15 ans. Il couvre ainsi l’actualité mondiale, des catastrophes naturelles aux championnats sportifs en passant par les guerres, émeutes, reportages people et tournages de films (notamment Le Dernier Empereur de Bertolucci ou Ran de Kurosawa).

Son travail lui vaut de nombreux prix et il est quatre fois lauréat du prestigieux prix World Press.

Par soif de liberté, Rancinan devient indépendant en 1989. Il finance seul ses projets qu’il revend ensuite à des magazines. Son premier projet, « Rois sans royaume » est une série de portraits de souverains déchus qui remporte un énorme succès. Il enchaîne alors les projets, des portraits de personalités des milieux politique, artistique ou sportif aux rescapés d’Hiroshima en passant par les J.O en Chine, le succès de l’un servant à financer le suivant. Il réalise aussi une série appelée « Métamorphoses et Natures Mortes » dans laquelle il décrit notre humanité bouleversée en revisitant et réactualisant les grands chefs-d’oeuvre de l’histoire de l’art. La photo de cette série appelée Le radeau des illusions, une réinterprétation du tableau de Géricault Le radeau de la Méduse, se vend pour plus de 70,000 euros en 2008 à Drouot. Rancinan devient alors l’un des photographes les mieux cotés.

Ses images sont régulièrement publiées en couverture de magazines dans le monde entier tels Match, Life Magazine, Stern ou le Sunday Times magazine pour n’en citer que quelques-uns. Depuis la fin des années 1990, son travail est entré dans le monde l’art et ses œuvres sont exposées dans de nombreuses galeries et musées internationaux (Palais de Tokyo, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Barcelone, Musée de la Triennale de Milan, Espace Cardin, Musée du Louvre, etc…). Elles font aussi partie de prestigieuses collections privées d’art contemporain et près d’une dizaine de livres rendent hommage à son travail.

Les photographies osées, décalées et audacieuses de Rancinan nous choquent positivement ou négativement mais elles ne nous laissent jamais indifférents. A la fois metteur en scène, chef d’orchestre et chorégraphe, il capture des images qui racontent toute une histoire. Il apparaît comme un témoin éveillé des métamorphoses de notre époque. Chaque photo nécessite un travail de préparation énorme (décors, casting, recherche, costumes, etc… ) et un budget important, aucun détail n’est laissé au hasard. Rancinan insiste pour que les retouches soient minimales, ce qu’il montre au spectateur est vrai.

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METAMORPHOSES

DécadenceTirage argentique sous diasec235 x 470 cm - Edition de 1

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Les Ménines ou l’Eternelle Beauté Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 233 cm - Edition de 3

La Liberté Dévoilée Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 261 cm - Edition de 3

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Le radeau des Illusions Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

160 x 235 cm - Edition de 6

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La Malbouffe Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 250 cm - Edition de 4

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Naître et MourirTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

Triptyque retable : 100 x 320 cm - Edition de 3

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Naître et Mourir Panneau 1 - La Vierge à l’EnfantTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

190 x 150 cm - Edition de 6

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La Danse ou l’Eloge du Sacré Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 218 cm - Edition de 4

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HYPOTHESES

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Hypothèse 1 - Le Martyre de Shean Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 250 cm - Edition de 6

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Hypothèse 2 - Hommage à Millet, Dalí et à L’Angelus... Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

125 x 208 cm - Edition de 8

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Hypothèse 4 - Mémoire d’HiroshimaTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 250 cm - Edition de 6

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Hypothèse 6 - Les Trois Grâces Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 300 cm - Edition de 3

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Hypothèse 12 - L’Exodus et Le Rêve de La Terre Promise Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 250 cm - Edition de 6

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ELOGE DE LA DIFFERENCE

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JimmyTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

80 x 80 cm - Edition de 8

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DebTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

80 x 80 cm - Edition de 8

JeffreysTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

80 x 80 cm - Edition de 8

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Connie ChiuTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 200 cm - Edition de 3

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PORTRAITS

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Yan Pei Ming - RougeTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 180 cm - Edition de 3

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Yan Pei Ming - BlancTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

125 x 125 cm - Edition de 12

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Yan Pei Ming - GrisTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 180 cm - Edition de 3

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Paul Mc CarthyTirage Iris print cadre blanc

100 x 100 cm - Pièce unique

Paul Mc CarthyTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

Triptyque : 80 x 240 cm - Edition de 8

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Hermann NitschTirage Iris print cadre blanc76 x 90 cm - Pièce unique

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Balthus Tirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

150 x 150 cm - Edition de 6

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David LynchTirage Iris print cadre blanc90 x 90 cm - Pièce unique

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Damien HirstTirage Iris print cadre blanc76 x 90 cm - Pièce unique

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Zhang HuanTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 264 cm - Edition de 3

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Wim DelvoyeTirage Iris print cadre blanc90 x 90 cm - Pièce unique

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Franko BTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

180 x 180 cm - Edition de 3

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Pierre et GillesTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

80 x 80 cm - Epreuve de travail signée

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LaChapelleTirage argentique sous diasec bord bois noir

70 x 70 cm - Edition de 12

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China 1 - PortraitTirage argentique sous diasec110 x 110 cm - Edition de 6

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China 11 - PortraitTirage argentique sous diasec150 x 150 cm - Edition de 6

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SPECIMENS

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R2850Tirage Fine Art cadre blanc et verre

126 x 170 cm - Pièce unique

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R2750Tirage Fine Art cadre blanc et verre

126 x 170 cm - Pièce unique

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R2417Tirage Fine Art cadre blanc et verre

126 x 170 cm - Pièce unique

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