Exhibition: In Life

Name: Exhibition: In Life
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château de Tours

The exhibition of the Jeu de Paume in Tours presents "En vie", a corpus of 50 prints, through which Julien Magre - winner of the Niépce Prize 2022 - documents his daily life from 1999 to 2020.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Julien Magre © Galerie Le Réverbère, Lyon

The Jeu de Paume exhibition in Tours presents "Alive", a corpus of 50 prints, through which Julien Magre - winner of the 2022 Niépce Prize - documents his daily life from 1999 to 2020. Behind his lens, he immortalizes family scenes: the portraits of his partner in the early days of their relationship, the photographs of his two daughters, until one of them dies, then the images of his son, the last born.
Born in 1973, Julien Magre lives and works in Paris. A graduate of the Arts Décoratifs de Paris in 2000, his work has been represented by the Galerie Le Réverbère in Lyon since 2017. In Paris Photo in 2010, Agnès b. locates her work during the signing of Caroline, History number two (Filigranes, 2010). Speaking of this project that he has been working on for fifteen years now, the photographer calls himself a «spectator of [his] own intimacy»: choosing the right distance with his subject, neither too far, nor too close, he documents his daily life and thus makes it poetic. In 2022, he was one of the winners of “La grande commande photographique du ministère de la Culture” initiated by the BnF.

About the location

Château de Tours

25 avenue André-Malraux, 37000 Tours

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

Since 2001, the Castle of present Towers yearly and on four levels, between 10 and 12 exhibitions(exposures) produced by the Service(Department) of Exhibitions(Exposures) of the City of Tours(Ballots,Towers). These exhibitions(exposures) are in general, original projects were conceived(designed) and created for the place. The Castle receives between 40 and 50 000 visitors a year. This amplitude in fluctuation varies according to the nature of presentations(displays). These joining a manifold programme planning(programming) defined by a steering committee and tackling(approaching) all fields of creation: of the painting(paint) in the photography, pottery in the sculpture, archaeology in contemporary art. According to exhibitions(exposures), we reach(affect) very diverse public, in particular by doing a big(great) work towards the school and the students with pedagogic workshops(studios), welcome(reception) of classes, guided tours and conferences. This habitual attendance(company) is naturally and according to seasons supplemented by the welcome(reception) of the tourists. Finally and to be exhaustive(thorough), the Castle presents since 2010 in partnership with the Museum of the Real tennis, two annual exhibitions(exposures) devoted to the photography which spread(display) on the ground floor and the first floor.