VIVIANE SASSEN : MIRRORS AND PORTALS – Viviane Sassen

Tracing a career spanning more than thirty years, this monograph by Dutch photographer Viviane Sassen is published to coincide with her first retrospective exhibition at MEP – Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris. The exhibition PHOSPHOR: Art & Fashion 1990-2023 brings together over 200 creations and traces 30 years of production of a protean work where photography rubs shoulders with collage, painting and video.

From her early African-inspired work to her more recent experiments with interventionist techniques, Viviane Sassen has gained international acclaim for her striking, dynamic images that explore a wide range of themes and subjects – from identity, gender and the body to race, fashion and the environment. This retrospective book brings together well-known and lesser-known works and includes pieces from her recent series, “Paint Studies”, in which vintage photographs are reimagined with ink and painterly marks, and “Venus and Mercury”, a collection of exquisite photomontages based on the history of the Palace of Versailles. Enlightening texts by Dawn Ades, Clothilde Morette, Simon Baker, Damarice Amao and Dan Thawley make this the definitive overview of an important and constantly evolving photographer.

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