CHRYSTEL LEBAS A fascination with darkness and the unseen haunts the work of London-based French photographer Chrystel Lebas (b. 1966). Using a panoramic camera with long exposure times ranging from two to six hours, Lebas creates sweeping, mesmerising landscapes, which explore photography s relationship with time and movement. In the series Blue Hour, Lebas photographs bluebell forests. The low natural light causes the bluebells to glow against the green foliage. This rich blue colour symbolises the otherworldly, evoking the magic hour of fairytales and legends. Blue Hour forms part of a larger body of work entitled Between Dog and Wolf made between 2003 and 2006 in France, Germany, Japan, Spain and the UK. The title is a translation of the French expression for twilight, suggesting its transformative and dangerous qualities. Chrystel Lebas is a graduate of the Royal College of Art, London. She exhibited internationally and is included in a number of major collections. EDITION INFORMATION Prices start from 800 + vat. Print size ranges from 8 x 19 to 40 x 80
Page 2 of 5 SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Conversations on Nature: Chrystel Lebas & Silvia Potocki Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia 2010 Chrystel Lebas, Etudes Bel-Val, Salle de l animal contemporain, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris 2010 Between Dog and Wolf, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands & New York 2008 Blue Hour, film screening at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris 2008 Between Dog and Wolf, Focal Point Gallery, Southend on Sea, UK 2007 Between Dog and Wolf, Gallery Vassie, Amsterdam 2006 Blue Hour, The Photographers' Gallery, London 2004 'Azure', Hug, Gallery for International Photography, Amsterdam 2003 'Abyss', Nichido Contemporary Art, Tokyo 2002 'Azure', The Photographers' Gallery, London 1999 'Between Dog and Wolf', Special Photographers Company, London 1993 'Les Pleureuses', FAMU, Prague 1992 'Mémoires polonaises', Aroma Gallery, Berlin 1989 'Maison des Etudiants Pomorska', Photo/Video Gallery, Krakow SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Sense of Place, European Landscape Photography, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels 2011 The Charter of the Forest, The Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln 2010 Andy Harper, Minjung Kim and Chrystel Lebas, Galerie Morgen, Berlin 2009 HHA/Christie's Garden of the Year Award Photographic Exhibition, Christies King's Street, London and touring at Blenheim Palace. 2009 Pan Amsterdam Fair, with Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2009 Paris Photo Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, The Photographers' Gallery, France 2009 This is my Land, curated by Peter Bonnell, Artsway, New Forest, UK 2009 Animalism: animals, media and the imagination, curated by Greg Hobson, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK 2009 British Landscape Photography curated by The Photographers Gallery, Liberty, London 2008 Nature fragile, le cabinet de Deyrolle, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris 2008 Oliver Bancroft, Chrystel Lebas, Richard Wood, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, UK 2008 Seeking a place for oblivion curated by Sandra Krizic, Art Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia 2007-2008 Something That I II Never Really See, Contemporary Photography from the V&A, touring at Sainsbury Center for Visual Art; Nottingham Castle; The Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University; Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, UK 2007 Victoria & Albert s 150th Anniversary Celebration, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK 2007 Paris Photo Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, The Photographers' Gallery, France 2007 Rencontres d Arles, Book Award exhibition, France 2007 Photo London Fair, with The Photographers' Gallery, UK 2006 Paris Photo Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, The Photographers' Gallery, France 2006 Twilight: Photography in The Magic Hour, The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK 2004 Rencontres d Arles, Book Award exhibition, France 2001 Paris Photo Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, The Photographers' Gallery, France 2001 'Moving Landscapes', The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
Page 3 of 5 2000 Paris Photo Fair, Carrousel du Louvre, The Photographers' Gallery, France 1997 'The Bed Show', Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK 1997 'Night Journey', RCA, London, UK 1997 'Underground', F.Stop Gallery, Bath, UK 1995 'Geronimo', Fridge Gallery, London, UK 1992 'Mémoires polonaises', Photography Biennale at the Palais de Tokyo, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France 1991 Turin Photography Biennale, Italy PUBLIC COLLECTIONS National Media Museum, Bradford Modern and Contemporary Art Museum Rijeka, Croatia The Collection and Usher Gallery, Lincoln Victoria and Albert Museum, London Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris The Citigroup Private Bank, UK Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Estampes et de la Photographie, Paris The Wilson Center for Photography, London Vital Art, London Private collections
Page 4 of 5 SELECTED PRESS The World of Interiors, November 2012
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