“It is often at nightfall that Marie Bovo is tempted to hold back time. Not only for the very long pause that the chosen photographic technique imposes on her – large format, film, natural light – but also to slowly observe this passage of hours unfolding in depopulated but inhabited intermediate spaces. The Nocturnes exhibition open at the Fondation HCB until 23 August presents a unique selection of images taken by Marie Bovo between dog and wolf, in Marseille and in Africa.
This approach to time, illustrated by both photography and film, is based on calm, concerned observation, the kindness of the gaze, the appropriation of an imaginary interior from the outside. Marie Bovo thus happily switches from photography to moving images and her images, systematically presented in series to emphasize the passage of time, are borderline cinematic. The visual quality and highly controlled form of her works do not at first suggest the almost humanistic spirit that underlies them.
The border of the intimate without invasion, the inhabitants, at night, are common things with Marie Bovo who with this intends to resist the aggression of the objective hunter and flow in rhythm with the flow of life, in all discretion. .
The exhibition at the HCB Foundation presents 35 large format prints from 5 different series and 2 films.
Biography
Born in 1967 in Alicante, Spain, Marie Bovo lives and works in Marseille. She is represented by the kamel mennour gallery in Paris. Marie Bovo was nominated for the Infinity Awards by the International Center of Photography in New York in 2016.
His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions in France, notably at the Rencontres d'Arles, the kamel mennour gallery in Paris, the European House of Photography, the FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in Marseille and the Fernet Foundation -Branch in Saint-Louis. You have also exhibited abroad: at the OSL Contemporary Gallery in Norway, at the California Museum of Photography and at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. These exhibitions have given rise to several works.
His works have also been featured in group exhibitions, most notably at the Venice Biennale in 2011, the Busan Biennale in South Korea in 2012, the Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2013, and the Milan Triennale in 2014. Recently, attended the 29th edition of the Roesler Hotel in São Paulo in 2019.
