FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ATTENTION: Arts Editors and Photography Collectors
LA GALERIE PARIS 1839 PRESENTS Eclosions Exhibition
Eclosions Exhibition La Galerie Paris 1839 is delighted to present Eclosions exhibition showcasing photography artworks from French artist Cyril Delettre.
In the series of Eclosions, Hong Kong based French photographer Cyril Delettre expresses his feelings about this energetic metropolitan city through his lens. Exploring the mutation and metamorphosis in photography, Cyril Delettre transforms his photographs of Hong Kong street scenes into kaleidoscopic disc-like images using multi-exposure photography technique. From a picture of a building or landscape, Delettre creates a new meaning of “supernovas”. A new world appears with allusion of the original one. The new perspective he explores shows Hong Kong as he sees it: vibrant, unexpected and beautiful. Cyril Delettre also won the grand prize with his Eclosions series which it was shown in the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong during the Hong Kong Art Week 2017.
About the artists
Cyril Delettre Cyril Delettre's art works have been exhibited in Europe. He graduated with cinematography as a major at École Supérieure d'Etudes Cinématographiques in 1988. After working on serval movies, he started photography and joined the agnecy Imapress in 1989 and REA in 2002. As a press photographer, he was working closely with multiple French politicians including Rachida Dati as well as Fadela Amara. His works were featured in important French magazines, including Paris Match, L'Express, VSD, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Le Nouvel Observateur, Le Figaro, Balthazar. Cyril has covered a myriad of society subjects such as the illegal immigrants, the closing of Sangatte, religious communities, and and inflential women in France.
Selected Exhibitions 2015 Eclosions, gare d'Áusterlitz du 2 décembre 2013 La France vue du train, Gare de Messy TGV 2012 Dans le ventre des femmes 2011 Grandes Lignes, grilles de la Gare de l'EST 2008 Galerie REA 2008 Viaduc des Arts
La Galerie, 74 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong www.lagalerie.hk +852 2540 4777
For further information and images, contact the gallery.
LA GALERIE PARIS 1839 CONTACTS Rainbow Kwok - [email protected] Katia Tinto - [email protected] www.lagalerie.hk
LA GALERIE PARIS 1839 FOUNDERS Cyril Delettre Started as a photojournalist working with celebrities for national magazines (Paris Match, L'Express, VSD, Les Cahiers du Cinéma, Le Nouvel Observateur, le Figaro Magazine, Balthazar) before developing his own artistic projects. For the past few years, Cyril Delettre has spent his time working on art exhibitions, large corporate projects (including monumental works for French railway stations) and directing short movies.
Marie-Florence Gros Worked in business consulting before starting her artistic career. First recognized as a lyricist (working in collaboration with major French artists), Marie-Florence Gros also found success as an author with her first book Tout contre. She has a PhD in 18th-Century French Literature (Paris Sorbonne) and a MBA from the HEC Paris Business School. With a very sharp and artistic vision, she took part in different projects associating texts and visual art such as photography (exhibition Paris/New York, Grandes Lignes, Dans le Ventre des Femmes, with the photographs of Cyril Delettre) or short movies.
ABOUT LA GALERIE PARIS 1839 Located at 74 Hollywood Road in Central, La Galerie Paris 1839 is one of Hong Kong’s first art spaces specializing in high-standard art photography and prints. Founders Marie-Florence Gros and Cyril Delettre share their passion and expertise with the public in this gallery. Right in the heart of the Asian art scene, the gallery covers and shares all aspects of photography, from fine art photography and selected press photographs, to collections of fast growing artists as well as international recognized masterpieces.
La Galerie, 74 Hollywood Road, Central, Hong Kong www.lagalerie.hk +852 2540 4777