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Natation sur cyclo
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,105
Marée haute
Muriel Bordier
Photography - 90 x 190 x 1 cm Photography - 35.4 x 74.8 x 0.4 inch
$6,105
Ecstasy of St Teresa (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 84.1 x 57.7 x 0.2 cm Photography - 33.1 x 22.7 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Into the darkness (medium)
Jesus Torio
Photography - 32.29 x 84.1 x 0.2 cm Photography - 12.7 x 33.1 x 0.1 inch
$1,443
Taj Mahal. India
Dominique Leroy
Photography - 60 x 90 x 2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch
$1,221
Long day's journey into tomorrow
Elena Raceala
Photography - 91.4 x 61 cm Photography - 36 x 24 inch
$1,332
Street in Paris 1
Shengqi Tang
Photography - 30 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$721
The Unseen but Always Present (1))
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
The Unseen but Always Present (2)
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,000
Habitación 1
Alejandra Leon
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,200
Le rêveur - série oiseaux
Henry Ausloos
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$799
L'arbre de vie
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 40 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$200
Dharamshala's Lanscapes
Anaiis Lee
Photography - 50 x 70 x 0.3 cm Photography - 19.7 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
1 Kilomètre #5
Laure Debrosse
Photography - 50 x 100 x 1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.4 inch
$1,066
Pêcheur de Loire
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$333
Jet d'oiseaux sur Beaubourg
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$133
Sourire Omar
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 28 x 43 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11 x 16.9 x 0.1 inch
$777
Bouche homme
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$777
Bouche femme
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 40 x 50 x 1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0.4 inch
$777
Le photographe
Emmanuelle Barbaras
Photography - 50 x 40 x 0.2 cm Photography - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$777
Chanel Autrement / Soup.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Promenade dans Paris.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Nous deux.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Contemplation.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Audrey Kahlo.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Au balcon.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Hippique / à Magritte.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Fantôme / à Magritte.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Big Kiss à Banksy.
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Chanel Autrement / Miss Chanel
Franck Doat
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$610
Mirage Ligérien
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 13 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 5.1 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$388
Plume du Poëte
Dominique Jullien
Photography - 20 x 20 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.4 inch
$333
La pêche miraculeuse d’Argungu, Nigeria
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$1,332
Vol d’aigrettes sur le Victoria
Frédéric Noy
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,665
Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, NYC 1988
Bob Gruen
Photography - 35.6 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm Photography - 14 x 11 x 2 inch
$1,500
Why does ice float on water?
Grzegorz Sikorski
Photography - 100 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$277
Surf the channel 4
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$666
Surf the channel 10
Raynald Najosky
Photography - 20 x 30 x 1 cm Photography - 7.9 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$666
Miami Beach NYE.
Luca Artioli
Photography - 114.3 x 177.8 x 0.3 cm Photography - 45 x 70 x 0.1 inch
$5,000
Sunny St Louis
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$505
Savannah Façade
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$377
Santa Maria Smoke
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 25 x 30 x 0.1 cm Photography - 9.8 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$377
San Francisco Escapes
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 25 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0 inch
$377
Horse Paddock - Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print
Alain Le Garsmeur
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.1 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0 inch
$505
Berlin, Allemagne, novembre 1989
Eric Bouvet
Photography - 40 x 50 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$1,054
Incense Debris
Shine Huang
Photography - 101.6 x 81.3 x 0.3 cm Photography - 40 x 32 x 0.1 inch
$3,500
Noce dans le Berry, L'épreuve du feu, gage de longévité
Pierre Boulat
Photography - 30 x 40 x 0.3 cm Photography - 11.8 x 15.7 x 0.1 inch
$832
Hiding in Italy - Piazza di Spagna
Liu Bolin
Photography - 68 x 90 cm Photography - 26.8 x 35.4 inch
$13,653
Sans titre (Deauville)
Philippe Ramette
Photography - 100 x 80 cm Photography - 39.4 x 31.5 inch
$11,766
This Wayward Floating Body (Antarctica)
Jessica Houston
Photography - 55.9 x 83.8 cm Photography - 22 x 33 inch
$3,330
Balade d'amoureux
Tanguy Mendrisse
Photography - 30 x 24 x 0.2 cm Photography - 11.8 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$111
La solitude n'existe pas
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 60 x 80 x 0.2 cm Photography - 23.6 x 31.5 x 0.1 inch
$1,332
Les robots à cocktails
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$888
L'embarquement
Pierre Gély-Fort
Photography - 40 x 60 x 0.1 cm Photography - 15.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$888
008- Série Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
007-Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
006- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
005- Les petits peuples de Sibérie
Jacques Langevin
Photography - 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Photography - 19.7 x 29.5 x 0 inch
$1,332
White
In physics, white is the sum of all the colours. To the human eye, white appears to be the total absence of colour. Amongst artists, white and its many uses in art are continuously evolving and challenging those who would embrace them. Is white, then, a non-colour, or an enhancer of colours? Intangible or material? Absence or excess?
Since Antiquity, white has been appreciated for its symbolic value. In Ancient Greece, where they would paint their statues, it was a sign of incompletion, whereas the Romans believed it showed pomp and imperialist virtue. With the rise of Christianity, white was used in opposition to black in order to emphasise moral dichotomies: the pure, divine white against the darkness. In some cases, however, white was used to show sickness or death, most notably in the pallid representations of the skeletal, crucified Christ.
In the Renaissance white was used to sublimate faces and backgrounds. Da Vinci even based his sfumato technique on the soft transition from light into darkness. Throughout the history of painting, white was considered precious for its ability to reflect light. It attracts the gaze even when used in the tiniest quantities, and illuminates the subject, drawing out stunning contrasts as seen in the works of Rembrandt, or in Vermeer's famous Girl with the Pearl Earring.
With the rise of Impressionism, white was used as the brightest tone amongst shades of grey. While Manet produced canvases which were forerunners to monochromes, including The Reader, which was almost pure white, Monet delivered a stunning gradient of whites whilst recreating the snow at his home in Giverny. The first true white monochrome appeared with the arrival of Malevitch's White Square on a White Background. The artist said 'I have broken the blue boundary of colour limits, and come out into the white'.
Modernists were equally passionate about white and valued it incredibly highly. Miro in particular questioned the status of white on canvases. In his painting Woman, Bird and Star white is in parts boldly painted, but is also distinctive for its absence around the star. Picasso, on the other hand, explored white in conjunction with his famous coloured periods. Piero Manzoni became famous thanks to his 'achromatic' paintings, a series of canvases produced exclusively in shades of white. Moving into the 20th century, white became synonymous with minimalist abstraction. For artists like Kandinsky, white was a cosmic colour, associated with a spiritual search for the absolute, guiding the artists as he seek to express his emotions.
Today, white remains an ever popular subject. Roman Opalka made his name creating a series of white numbers of a white background, while Daniel Arsham reinvents white walls in galleries by letting his artwork drip down onto them. White is a colour with multiple symbolic interpretations. The colour of divinity or humility; of purity and immaculate, of emptiness and absence, but always colour. If blue has Klein and red has Rothko, it appears that no artist has yet succeeded in fully mastering white – but maybe you'll find them in our selection!