Julien Menand /
Bio / 1978, born in France, lived in Paris, Krakow, Berlin, Geneva. Studied new media at Paris8 University then in the HEAD Geneva. Follower student in Beate Gütschow‘s class at the HGB Leipzig. Currently lives and works in Berlin
Training / HAUTE ECOLE D’ART ET DE DESIGN, GENEVE (HEAD) [ SWITZERLAND ] Pôle arts/media, grade Bachelor « Magna cum laude». HOCHSCHULE FÜR GRAPHIK UND BUCHKUNST, LEIPZIG (HgB) [ GERMANY ] Academic exchange program, Prof. Beate Gütschow. UNIVERSITE PARIS 8 [ FRANCE ] Photography and multimedia in contemporary art
Exhibitions / 2011 > Réflexion & Dé-monstration (photo-installation), HEAD Genève / CH 2010 > Vues & artefact (photo-installation), HEAD Genève / CH 2006 > AREAS (photography), Polish Institute of Nuremberg / DE
> Available Art 2 (collective exhibition), Galerie Camelot, Krakow / PL
> Teraz My (photography), Centre culturel Lokator, Krakow / PL
2005 > Judgment Day (installation) - Available Art 1, Galerie Camelot, Krakow / PL
Pacing in Europe for ten years, Julien Menand has found home in photography and welcomes the viewer into this ambiguous world. Asked to look at what escapes his eye, to enter an image that is observed, he is led to question constantly what he sees, and to look what he could find beyond. These images en trompe-l’oeil involve the space of and in photography and question the essence of the exhibition: what is given to see and whom is this addressing ? Looking for a Neo-Pictorialism aesthetic emancipated from painting, Julien offers purely photographic views, captured on large and medium film format.
Contact : julien.menand@gmail.com
«This is what I see which shows me what I’m looking for.» - Julien Menand
Recent works / Photo-installation
Réflexion
RĂŠflexion #1 : Sketch and views of the project.
RĂŠflexion #1 (2010), (Photo - installation), Diassec on aluminium monted, 110x140cm & lightwell
DĂŠ-monstration
DĂŠ-monstration (2011), Foto-automat mounted on aluminium & wooden framed, 4 x 5 cm
Artefact
Artefact - Installation view
Artefact (2011), Photo-installation, D-print on aluminium mounted, 30x40cm
Einkapselung
Einkapselung (2011), Foto-automat collection, 3x4cm
(work in progress for urban photo-installation)
Vues Individual works collection
Vue 8503 - Detail view
Vue 8503 (2009), D-print on aluminium monted, 90x110cm
Vue 0337 (2011), D-print on aluminium mounted, 90x100cm
Vue 3107 (2009), D-print on aluminium mounted, 90x110cm
Vue 2115 (2010), D-print on aluminium mounted, 90x100cm
Pet Mondrian looks alike composition
Vue 6530 / after Mondrian (2009), D-print on aluminium mounted, 90x100cm
Installation view, in situ.
Vue 9367 / in situ (2009), D-print on aluminium mounted, 37x49cm
Vue 2017 (2011), D-print on aluminium mounted, 60x70cm
Vue 5651 (2011), D-print on aluminium mounted, 60x70cm
Vue 1305 (2011), D-print on aluminium mounted, 60x70cm
After them...
Presentation at the HEAD Geneva
Untitled / after them (2008), Slideshow in loop, endless time
Older works /
Georgia in my mind / Photographic Essay The poetic of my work lies in the staging and pictorial construction. The theme is subjectivized, and is described and revised according to my feelings and my culture. There is no explicit «referent» to these images as such. They do not refer to a condition or a time that needs to exist historically or socially. They reveal something peculiar to me. That’s why I see some of my work more as an essay in photography, going empty minded and trying to photograph through a felt-sense as a way to keep distant from the «all media principles». In these essay, out of a date and a place, you will find nothing more as a glance.... / Tbilissi, 2011
VacuitĂŠ - Taquin (2007), Mosaic installation - wood and pvc, 200x242cm
Installation views
Judgment day (2004) - Kiosk installation, wood, plexi, aluminium & goods - 160 x 120 x 40 cm