Vincent Fournier (photographer)

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Vincent Fournier
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Portrait of Vincent Fournier
Born1970
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
NationalityFrench
EducationEcole Nationale de la Photographie d’Arles
Known forPhotography
Website Official website

Vincent Fournier (born 1970 in Ouagadougou) is a French artist and photographer. [1] [2] [3] His works explore questions of science fiction, utopian stories, and different mythologies of the future such as the space adventure, humanoid robots, utopian architectures, and the technological transformation of the living. His vision is nourished by childhood memories, including visits to the Palais de la Découverte, which evoke the "scientific wonder". [4] While photography remains his preferred medium, 3D printing, video, and installations sometimes accompany certain projects. [5] [6] Vincent Fournier's images are put in tension by oppositions that disturb our gaze: reality/fiction, logic/absurdity, past/future, magic/science, natural/artificial. He explores futuristic fiction and discovers in our present, or in the past, "glimpse of the future". [7]  After graduating in sociology and visual arts, he studied at the École nationale supérieure de la photographie in Arles, France and obtained his diploma in 1997. [8]

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In 2022, he was awarded "Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains". [9] [10]

His works are part of the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) [11] [12] [13] in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, [14] the Mast Foundation in Bologna, the Dragonfly Collection of the Domaine des Etangs in Massignac, [15] [16] the LVMH collection in Paris with the Bon Marché, [17] the Baccarat collection in New York, [18] Science Gallery Dublin, [19] Musée des Ursulines de Mâcon, [20] Fondation Bullukian in Lyon, [21] and others.

He has participated in several major group exhibitions such as "The Universe and Art" at the Mori Art Tokyo [22] and Art Science Singapore museums, [23] "Unknown Unknowns An Introduction to Mysteries" at the Milan Triennial, [24] "Art and Science Fiction, the Gates of Possibility" at the Centre Pompidou Metz, [25] as well as solo exhibitions at the Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna (MAMbo) [26] during Foto Industria 2018 and at the Rencontres d'Arles in 2014. [27] He has collaborated with Louis Vuitton for French fashion designer Nicolas Ghesquière, [28] Le Bon Marché (Paris), [17] Hôtel Baccarat New York (Gilles&Boissier), [29] Isetan Tokyo (Diesel) [30] and for the film The Amazing Spider-man 2 with Columbia Pictures. [31]

Vincent Fournier was the guest of the MET for a public presentation of his work on the occasion of the conference "In Our Time - A Year of Architecture in a Day in 2019". [32] He lives and works in Paris, France.

Acquisition from museums and foundations

Selection of group, solo shows and Art Fairs since 2006 [40]

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Collaboration

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Publications

AD, [44] Art Press2, Connaissance des Arts, [45] Dazed&Confuzed, Esquire Japan, European Photography, [46] GQ Japan, HotShoe, Icon, Internazionale, [47] Marie Claire Italy, [48] MIR Russia, Mixte, [49] Nowness, Officiel Art, Outlook China, Le Point, The Sartorialist, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, [50] The Sunday Times, Wallpaper, [51] Wired (Germany, Italy, UK, USA). [52]

References

  1. "Vincent Fournier's incredible Space Project pushes documentary photography to the outer limits!". It’s Nice That. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  2. "Vincent Fournier". Galerie Provost Hacker (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  3. Plongée dans la création d'Auctus Animalis - Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains 2022-2023, 29 June 2022, retrieved 2023-02-14
  4. Le Kiosque - Vincent Fournier, 20 May 2021, retrieved 2023-02-14
  5. ARTE - L'ATELIER A - VINCENT FOURNIER , retrieved 2023-02-14
  6. Photographing the Future with Vincent Fournier, 2 April 2013, retrieved 2023-02-14
  7. VINCENT FOURNIER GOES TO NASA VICE, 18min (2011) - DAVID FEINBERG // Director , retrieved 2023-02-13
  8. "FOURNIER, Vincent". Médiathèque des Rencontres d'Arles (in French). 2012-08-21. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  9. "5e édition - 2022-2023 : Auctus Animalis". Assurance vie et solutions de prévoyance (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  10. "Vincent Fournier et Sébastien Gaxie lauréats du Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains" (JPG).
  11. "MET Museum Vincent Collection". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  12. "MET Museum Vincent Fournier Collection". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  13. "MET Vincent Fournier Collection". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  14. "Cerveau-Nuage". Centre Pompidou (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  15. "Post Natural History". Boutique Domaine des Etangs. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  16. Vincent Fournier - Short cuts, 20 March 2018, retrieved 2023-02-14
  17. 1 2 "Le Brésil, ses artistes et ses couleurs s'invitent au Bon Marché". Franceinfo (in French). 2013-04-08. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  18. "Vincent Fournier | Baccarat Hotel New York". Baccarat Hotel (in French). 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  19. "POST NATURAL HISTORY". Science Gallery Dublin. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  20. "Carte blanche à Vincent Fournier - Ville de Mâcon".
  21. "Space Utopia - Vincent Fournier". Fondation Bullukian (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  22. "Art Museum Tokyo".
  23. "Vincent Fournier: Past Forward Solo Exhibition". 6 November 2020.
  24. "23e Exposition Internationale de la Triennale de Milan. Inconnu Inconnus. Une introduction aux mystères". December 2022.
  25. "Cerveau-Nuage". Centre Pompidou.
  26. "FOTO/INDUSTRIA. Vincent Fournier. Futuro passato - Mambo".
  27. "Vincent Fournier".
  28. "Louis Vuitton [Nicolas Ghesquière] – Harper's Bazaar international – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  29. 1 2 "The Baccarat Hotel – New York – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  30. "Isetan Shibuya Tokyo [Diesel] – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  31. "The Amazing Spider-Man II [Columbia Pictures] – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  32. "The Best Spatial Projects of 2018 Presented in All-Day Symposium "In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day" on January 19, 2019 - the Metropolitan Museum of Art".
  33. "MET Collection Vincent Fournier". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  34. "Cerveau-Nuage".
  35. "Space Utopia - Vincent Fournier".
  36. "Industria, oggi".
  37. "Exposition : Carte blanche à Vincent Fournier au Musée des Ursulines". Mâcon | Magville (in French). 2020-07-07. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  38. "Domaine des Etangs – Massignac – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  39. "POST NATURAL HISTORY". Science Gallery Dublin. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
  40. "Biography – Vincent Fournier". www.vincentfournier.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-02-13.
  41. "DIESEL ART GALLERY". DIESEL / ディーゼル. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  42. Above, Submitting; To, You Agree (28 January 2016). "Bioart and the Gnawing Invisible". Popular Science. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  43. "Les Rencontres d'Arles". Les Rencontres d'Arles expositions, stages photo / exhibitions, photo workshops. (in French). Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  44. Magazine, AD (2016-05-18). "Brasilia, par Vincent Fournier". AD Magazine (in French). Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  45. Connaissance des Arts
  46. "European Photography".
  47. "Internazionale".
  48. "Marie-Claire".
  49. "Mixte".
  50. Davies, Lucy (2012-09-04). "Vincent Fournier: Super Nature". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  51. "Wallpaper magazine". 11 January 2010.
  52. Schiller, Jakob. "Space Paraphernalia Photos Bring the Cosmos Down to Earth". Wired.