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Académie des beaux-arts

FLORE

Maison Auguste Comte

Closed

Irish Cultural Center

Alan Phelan

Paris Czech Center

Closed

Italian Cultural Center

Closed

Galerie Arenthon

Benjamin Travade

Galerie Berthet-Aittouares

John Craven

Galerie Chenel

François Halard

Galerie Catherine & André Hug

Galerie Daniel Blau / Galerie Meyer

Joseph Glover - Maite de Orbe - Lucile Soussan

Galerie Eric Mouchet

Jacques Blin & Bertrand Hugues

Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois

Pilar Albarracín - Julien Berthier - Alain Bublex

Galerie Gimpel & Müller

Gundi Falk and Pierre Cordier

Galerie La Forest Divonne

Elsa & Johanna - Jérôme Bryon - Lucien Hervé

Galerie l'inlassable

Caroline Corbasson and Andrea Montano

Galerie Madé

Lucile Boiron

Galerie Olivier Waltman

Aleix Plademunt

Galerie Patrice Trigano

Lucien Clergue, Monika Czosnowska, Françoise Huguier, Marie Jo Lafontaine

Galerie Roger Viollet

Les icônes de l’agence Roger-Viollet

Rubis Mécénat hors-les-murs

Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Cyprien Clément-Delmas

Lusted Men Project Space

N°	Location	Artist	Type	District
1	Académie des beaux-arts	FLORE	Institution	75006
2	Maison Auguste Comte	Closed	Institution	75006
3	Irish Cultural Center	Alan Phelan	Centre Culturel	75005
4	Paris Czech Center	Closed	Centre Culturel	75006
5	Italian Cultural Center	Closed	Centre Culturel	75007
6	Galerie Arenthon	Benjamin Travade	Galerie	75006
7	Galerie Berthet-Aittouares	John Craven	Galerie	75006
8	Galerie Chenel	François Halard	Galerie	75007
9	Galerie Catherine & André Hug	Terri Loewenthal	Galerie	75006
10	Galerie du Crous	Massao Mascaro	Galerie	75006
11	Galerie du Crous	Jonathan LLense	Galerie	75006
12	Galerie Daniel Blau / Galerie Meyer	Joseph Glover - Maite de Orbe - Lucile Soussan	Galerie	75006
13	Galerie Eric Mouchet	Jacques Blin & Bertrand Hugues	Galerie	75006
14	Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois	Pilar Albarracín - Julien Berthier - Alain Bublex	Galerie
15	Galerie Gimpel & Müller	Gundi Falk and Pierre Cordier	Galerie	75006
16	Galerie La Forest Divonne	Elsa & Johanna - Jérôme Bryon - Lucien Hervé	Galerie	75006
17	Galerie l'inlassable	Caroline Corbasson and Andrea Montano	Galerie	75006
18	Galerie Madé	Lucile Boiron	Galerie	75006
19	Galerie Olivier Waltman	Aleix Plademunt	Galerie	75006
20	Galerie Patrice Trigano	Lucien Clergue, Monika Czosnowska, Françoise Huguier, Marie Jo Lafontaine	Galerie	75006
21	Galerie Roger Viollet	Les icônes de l’agence Roger-Viollet	Galerie
22	Rubis Mécénat hors-les-murs	Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Cyprien Clément-Delmas	Autre	75006
23	Lusted Men Project Space	Lusted Men	Autre	75007
24	SEPTIEME Gallery	Andrew Tshabangu	Galerie	75007
25	DELPIRE & CO	—	Librairie	75006
26	Librairie des Alpes	Guy Le Querrec	Librairie	75006
27	Port de Solférino	Feng Li	Autre	75006

Galerie Berthet-Aittouares

Commissaires Savage Collective

14 rue de Seine 75006
01 43 26 53 09
Tuesday — Saturday 11am - 1pm & 2:30pm - 6pm
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John Craven

Beauté terrible

Galerie Berthet Aittouarès has invited Savage Collective to dive into the work and the man, in order to explore Craven's artistic heritage.

An enigmatic character born in 1912 in Dignes-les-Bains, a self-taught and avid photographer, sometimes art dealer, sometimes curator before his time, Louis Conte, alias John Craven is an extraordinary man, whimsical and mysterious.

As early as 1950, at the time of the almighty Oil, John Craven immersed himself in the world of refineries which he compared to cathedrals, first in Dunkirk and then in Lavéra. He would shoot them preferably at night, captivated by the aspect of these industrial sites which became decoys of a starry sky, like visual pollution of the simple contemplation of the sky by man. He painted a striking and personal portrait, often abstract, in which man is nearly insignificant, dressed in an asbestos suit, reduced to the maintenance of oversized, overwhelming machines. Strongly contrasted, these images bear witness in a poetic but uncompromising way of the love-hate relationship the photographer may have felt in the face of this industry, as one can be fascinated by fire while being aware of the damage it can cause.

The set exhibited at the Berthet-Aittouarès gallery, consisting of around forty vintage black and white photographs printed by the artist around 1950, confronts the viewer to world of terrible beauty, as written by Jean Giono, at a time when black gold is in its golden age and has infinite reserves.

In addition to the exhibition is an investigation led by Savage Collective in an attempt to tackle the mystery of John Craven. A man in perpetual motion, appreciated by his peers for his total commitment and his daring artistic choices. Savage chose to lead the investigation because it seemed important today to bring forth a new and original reading approach to the work of John Craven, according to his personal history, his artistic and premonitory subject matters, his comprehensive photographic observations on his time.

Savage Collective specializes in the curation of lens based art projects. It’s members are Nathalie Amae, Audrey Bazin, Matthieu Foss, Valérie Fougeirol & Judith Peyrat.

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Galerie Berthet-Aittouarès
Since the gallery's lauching in 1986, Michèle Aittouarès and Odile Aittouarès-Inzerilo's selection merges drawings, sculptures, videos, and photography.