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Femme doubout à Basse-Terre, 2023
Christian Goetghebeur  

Photography : C-print, fine art print · 80 x 120 x 4 cm 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch

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Photography : numbered and limited to 7 copies

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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed

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80 x 120 x 4 cm 31.5 x 47.2 x 1.6 inch Height x Width x Depth

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Description

In this photograph taken in Basse-Terre, a still woman stands out against a facade marked by time, inscriptions, and the successive interventions of the street. Her presence introduces a point of balance within a space of extraordinary visual density.

With my photographic writing Sublimations, I explore here the relationship between the human figure and its urban environment. Color and light become the materials of a composition where the boundaries between the body and the architecture seem to fade. The patterns of the clothing, the colors of the bag, and the multiple traces covering the wall respond to each other, creating an almost unsettling plastic continuity.

But this visual proximity also brings out a tension: while the composition tends to integrate the woman into a vast pictorial surface, her presence retains all its singularity.

The photograph thus plays on this ambiguity between belonging and individuality, between human presence and abstraction. It invites the viewer to shift their gaze, to discover how an ordinary moment of urban life can bring forth a composition where chance, color, and the human figure find an unexpected balance.

Technique and edition

Color silver gelatin print on Fujiflex Crystal Archive paper mounted on Dibond with lifted edges.

Limited edition of 7 copies, all formats included.

Christian Goetghebeur, Femme doubout à Basse-Terre
France  • 1964

Presentation

Christian Goetghebeur is a French photographer whose work explores the metamorphoses of the visible through a personal photographic writing, Sublimations.

Starting from photographs rooted in reality, he develops a plastic research where color and light become materials in themselves. Architectures, urban spaces, and human presences constitute the main territories of his exploration. Through chromatic transformations and plays of perception, he brings forth new relationships between forms, volumes, and figures, inviting us to shift our gaze.

His work unfolds notably between France, Morocco, and Guadeloupe, territories where he explores the architectural, human, and cultural singularities.

Since 2022, his photographs have been the subject of several personal exhibitions, notably in Tangier, Casablanca, Marseille, Paris, and Guadeloupe. He has also participated in collective exhibitions in Paris, Luxembourg, and Rabat, notably at the Autumn Salon, at Art Capital at the Grand Palais, and at the German Embassy in Paris.

His works are featured in several public and private collections, including those of the Musée de la Légation Américaine in Tangier, the Bachelot Collection, the city of Pointe-à-Pitre, and the city of Basse-Terre.

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