Paris Photo 2022
Main Sector - Booth C1
Ljubodrag Andric » Edward Burtynsky » Bidemi Oloyede »
Fair Presentation: 10 Nov – 13 Nov 2022
Wed 9 Nov
Grand Palais Ephémère
Champ-de-Mars, Place Joffre
75008 Paris
Nicholas Metivier Gallery
190 Richmond Street East
M5A 1P1 Toronto
416-2059000
info@metiviergallery.com
www.metiviergallery.com
Tue-Sat 10-18
The predominant theme in Edward Burtynsky's work is nature transformed through industry and he has documented some of the most poignant examples of this around the world. Often using an aerial vantage point, his large-scale photographs are rich in detail and vast in scale, sometimes verging on the appearance of painterly abstractions.
Exclusive to Paris Photo, the gallery will present a new release of photographs by Edward Burtynsky from his recent project on the subject of Turkey. Earlier this year, Burtynsky travelled to Turkey to document the effects of erosion and erosion control projects in the region of Central Anatolia. We will also feature photographs from Burtynsky's recent release on the subject of Africa.
Ljubodrag Andric's photographs explore architecture in diverse geographical locations. Since 2019, Andric has focused his attention on India as a site of particular interest in his practice. While specific geographic locations are secondary to the abstract and painterly qualities he extracts from his subjects, the unexpected quality of light as well as the intricate geometry and curved forms he encountered there are the basis for his latest body of work.
Bidemi Oloyede is an emerging street and portrait documentary photographer born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Now living and working in Toronto, Canada, he uses black and white film to capture both vulnerable and vibrant images that tell a story about his subjects and community.
For Paris Photo, the gallery will present new large-format portraits by Oloyede, for which he invites friends and acquaintances to pose for him, as they choose to be represented. Alongside the portraits, Oloyede’s street photographs capture today's African Canadian community as part of his ongoing BL/Archive series.