In 32 photographs in intense black which forces the eyes to widen, Patrick Hourcade invites the solitary walker in the contemplation and reverie of his “Versailles Night”.
Surreal gleam to follow through the keyhole of
La Chapelle Royale
which finds its sacred mystery in this semi-darkness.
The Sea Monster
emerges from the extinguished fountains, like a waking devil.
Bacchus
and
Neptune
, marine god surrounded by nymphs, impose their athletic silhouette in the silent park, invaded during the day by hordes of tourists (formerly).
The Queen's Theater
,
The Grotto
,
The Water Buffet
barely appear in this inky blackness and once again become places where the imagination is unleashed.
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“Nuit Versailles” is Patrick Hourcade's fourth photo exhibition, the third nocturnal hike after “Power of the Obscur” in 2014 at the Cordeliers Convent and “Nuit Rodin” at the Rodin Museum in 2016. Very polymorphic artist, the one who conceived the 18th century French collection of the late Karl Lagerfeld,
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