William Wegman’s upcoming exhibition at Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois will center on the dog Flo, the artist’s latest muse. For more than fifty years, Wegman has chosen his Weimar pointers as the primary subject of his photographs.
In this recent series, the artist’s prints take on unusual dimensions, reminiscent of old family portraits: these are the photos published in a New York Times article, where Flo appears dressed in the finery of a respectable ancestor, with the old-fashioned charm of posed family photographs.
At the same time this polished, glossy and pop photos evoke fashion photography and the aesthetics of haute couture. Flo always appears majestic in them, the latest in a long line of canine models paying a playful tribute to the practices of portraiture, professional photography, fashion, and communication.
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois
The GP & N Vallois Gallery was founded in Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Paris) in 1990. For over 35 years, it has promoted the work of young, emerging artists alongside established and legendary artists, as well as their estates, in its two Parisian spaces and, more recently, in a private exhibition space in New York. The gallery was the first in Europe to exhibit artists such as Paul McCarthy, Mike Kelley, and Richard Jackson; its expertise in New Realism and the European avant-garde movements of the 1960s is widely recognized. The gallery has supported contemporary artists throughout their careers and continues to discover, exhibit, and represent young talent.
Galerie GP & N Vallois represents the estates of Jacques Villeglé, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Peter Stämpfli, Emanuel Proweller, and Tomi Ungerer.