At the Bourse de Commerce, “Remember Me” tests the hang
In Paris, the Bourse de Commerce is showing “Remember Me,” an exhibition of 700 prints by major figures in the history of photography. The display brings together works from different eras, but the source text says the hang feels schoolbook-like and short on context.
The exhibition takes place at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris and gathers a very large selection of prints attributed to major names in photography. That scale immediately suggests a wide range of ways of seeing, from the medium’s early history to later approaches.
For artists, and for people who care about painting and drawing, the interest is not only in the fame of the names on the wall. It also lies in how a display can reveal, or flatten, the links between composition, light, framing and the act of looking.
That is where the source article is critical: it says the presentation lacks analysis and context. In photography, those elements matter, because they help explain what each image contributes to the history of vision and craft.
“Remember Me” therefore offers an ambitious overview, but one that appears to leave interpretation at the surface. For anyone attentive to images, it raises a simple question: how do you show masterpieces without turning them into a checklist of famous works?
Source : Le Monde – Arts