ÉRIC DU BELLAY (Chatenay Malabry, France, 1980) "Homage... Lot 37

ÉRIC DU BELLAY (Chatenay Malabry, France, 1980) "Homage to Ren Hang." Vibrant Bodies Project (Paris, France) 2019. Digital print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta 325gsm paper. Copy 1/7. Certificate of authenticity attached. Signed and titled in the lower area. Measurements: 50 x 35 cm; 53 x 68 cm (frame). "I paint flowers, so they don't die" (Frida Khalo), this is how Éric du Bellay defines his work as a filmmaker and photographer. Éric du Bellay started photography at the age of 15. He developed his own black and white photos. From the beginning, his work focused on faces and bodies, as if he wanted to preserve the trace of the living. He left photography to pursue a career as a filmmaker. He made six short films in France and Iceland, and his first feature film, Menina Casilda, was shot in Madrid in 2021. He returned to photography in 2019 with his project Corps Vibrants, nudes made in studio in Paris, followed by his second project, Libertad, started in Madrid in 2021 as a response to the Pandemic restrictions. Influenced by the works of Marina Abramovic, Ren Hang, and Ryan McGinley, he explores representations of nude bodies in motion. Certificate of authenticity attached.