Fascinated by the book-object of the photographer Franck de Villecholle (1816-1906), who pasted his prints documenting the destruction of the Commune into an old album entitled “Conte de fées” (Fairy Tale), she explored its multiple graphic expressions: collages, tears, glue effects, traces of use, superimpositions and accidents. Her new work echoes these images, between archives and aesthetic images, between historical documents and picture books.
Guénaëlle de Carbonnières (born 1986, Paris) was initially trained in philosophy and has an agrégation in fine arts. Her work has been presented at Unseen (Amsterdam), Paris Photo, and Art Paris, as well as at MAPRAA, L’Attrape-Couleurs, and the Fondation Renaud (Lyon), La Résidence (Dompierre-sur-Besbre), and CAP – Centre d’art (Saint-Fons), in resonance with the Lyon Biennale. She is represented by the Françoise Besson Gallery in Lyon and the Binome Gallery in Paris.