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- La rupture – The rupture (2009)
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- La convoitise – Covetousness (2005)
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- La crainte de l’ignorance – Fear of ignorance (1996)
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- Les amoureux de Perros-Guirec – The Lovers of Perros-Guirec (2001)
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- Le danger des images – The danger of images (2009)
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- La tour d’ivoire – Ivory tower (2002)
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- L’irréparable – The point of no return (2003)
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- Le coeur de la cible – Bull’s eye (1998)
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- Sauver la nature – Saving nature (2010)
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- Un autre jour (d’après Edward Hopper) – Another day (after Edward Hopper) (2006)
(all images courtesy of Stephen Bulger Gallery)
In his photographs, Gilbert Garcin poses as an ordinary ‘Mr. Everybody,’ dressed with an old overcoat. By placing himself, via the character he embodies, in absurd and inextricable situations he invites us to ponder such philosophical quandaries as time, solitude and the weight of existence. His work raises a number of universal questions about the meaning of human existence.
Garcin has published multiple books and has had numerous international exhibitions. In 2009, he celebrated his 80th birthday with a traveling “Retrospective” exhibition. Garcin’s work is in many private and public collections including: Fonds national pour l’art Contemporain, France; Fonds Communal pour l’art Contemporain de Marseille, Marseille; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Artothèque de Veendam, the Netherlands; Artothèque de Nantes, Nantes; Artothèque de Vitré, Vitré; Médiathèque de Miramas, Miramas; Fondation Regards de Provence, Marseille; Galerie du Château d’Eau, Toulouse; and The West Collection; Philadelphia.