Marché aux Puces
1991 — 1996
« You surprise us, with Les héros du métro in 1990, to show us your drawings in which you place metro tickets. The following year… you buy old photographs a stone’s throw from your home at the flea market Clignancourt. “Lost objects in search of a new status, merchandise orphaned by memories seeking the imprint of a new owner. Once purchased, it is yours. » You take hold of the known and unknown history of the document chosen and purchased, you transform it, retouch it, extend its evocative power or act as if it were a blank sheet of paper, you paint, you place real objects… Do you distance reality and open the door to dreams, a new, more plastic orientation to your research? » – Michelle Auer, Sophisme
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Don Juan, Marche aux Puces Series, 1993 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Aux Puces: I will do Nothing about my Sexuality Until it Happens, 1992 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Promenade Mythique, 1994-96 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty, 1994-95 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Héros du Métro No. 4, 1991 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Young Woman and Erotic Thoughts, 1992 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Héros du Métro No. 1, 1991 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Aux Puces: Death is Waiting for You my Son, 1992 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Aux Puces XXVI : Juggler and Acrobat, 1993 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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I am a very Passionate Woman, 1992 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Young Girl, Bird and Man, 1993 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Self-Portrait, Marche aux Puces Series, 1996 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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Untitled, Marche aux Puces Series, 1993 – Gelatin silver print © Louis Stettner Estate
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