Machine Vision Artist Feature: Corinne Vionnet
MACHINE VISION
March 3 – April 29, 2023
Join Candela Gallery over the next few weeks as we feature artists from Machine Vision, a survey of tech-based photographic works: Michael Borowski, Kurt Caviezel, Adam Chin, Rashed Haq, Noelle Mason, Drew Nikonowicz, Maija Tammi, and Corinne Vionnet.
CORINNE VIONNET
Yosemite, Tunnel View, 2014, from the series, Scenic Views.
Archival Pigment Print, 35.4 x 47.25 inches, Framed.
Edition 1 of 4. $13250. INQUIRE >
At first glance, the soft, ghostly landscapes in the front gallery appear to be impressionist paintings. In reality, Corinne Vionnet’s works are created from thousands of photographs of famous world sites.
Mont St. Michel, 2007. Archival Pigment Print, 14.75 x 19.75 inches, Framed. Edition 2 of 6. $5450, Framed. INQUIRE >
Los Angeles, 2009. Archival Pigment Print, 35.4 x 47.25 inches, Framed. Edition 1 of 6. $13250, Framed. INQUIRE >
In her series Photo Opportunities and Scenic Views, the Swiss/French artist utilized keyword search to establish her source pool for each work, pulling images of famous monuments and landscapes from photo sharing websites. Each final work is comprised of over 100 sourced tourist photographs.
The resulting layered image, though soft, is still easily recognizable; a majority of the images have been taken from nearly the exact same angle.
The lack of variety in these layers references a level of performance that is associated with tourism activity. There can be a sense of obligation to document in a way that is familiar: what looks like my idea of this place? How will others recognize I have been here? Getting "the shot" becomes the event itself. This phenomenon has grown more prevalent with the normalization of cell phones, social media, and "influencer" culture.
New York (2), 2007. Archival Pigment Print, 14.75 x 19.75 inches, Framed. Edition 2 of 6. $5450. INQUIRE >
The two series are part of Vionnet's greater efforts to analyze the construction and maintenance of a collective social identity. Her work conveys the ambiguous lure of the Internet, which seemingly promises freedom and the discovery of new worlds; in reality, it imprisons us all in an algorithm, making us believe that we are unique. Her practice has turned to investigating perceptions of reality, the power of visual persuasion, and the transformation and building of emblematic figures.
Yosemite, Three Brothers, 2019. Archival Pigment Print, 25 x 33.5 inches, Framed. Edition 1 of 4. $9400, Framed. INQUIRE >
Mecca, 2008. Archival Pigment Print, 14.75 x 19.75 inches, Framed. Edition 5 of 6. $6950, Framed. INQUIRE >
ABOUT CORINNE
Corinne Vionnet is a Franco-Swiss visual artist based in Vevey, Switzerland. She is a pioneer in the exploration and re-purposing of web-based imagery. Her work is included in the collections of SF MOMA, Musée de l'Elysée, Musée Carnavalet, Musée d'Art du Valais, Musée d'Art of Pully, and Musée français de la photographie, among others. Her artist books are part of collection of the Fotomuseum in Winterthur, the MOMA of New York, Whitney Museum in New York, NYPL in New York, MACBA in Barcelona, Reina Sofia in Madrid, Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie in Geneva, to name a few.
She had solo shows including the Swiss Camera Museum (2018); Danziger Gallery, New York (2015); Oslo 8, Basel (2012); and East Wing, Doha (exhibition in Dubai) (2009). She also has participated in numerous group exhibitions such as Chengdu Contemporary Image Museum (2021-22), C|O Berlin (2021), SFMOMA, San Francisco (2019); Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussel (2018); Musée des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux-de-Fonds (2017); Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne (2017); Musées d'art et d'histoire, Geneva (2015-16); Musée d'Art du Valais, Sion, Switzerland (2021-22; 2020; 2015-16; 2012); Massachusetts College of Art and Design (2015); FotoMuseum, Antwerp (2015 and 2012); Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris (2013); Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona (2013); Musée Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (2013); Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver (2011).
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