Le travail de Christine Pictet s'inscrit dans la démarche des artistes utilisant la photographie pour la détourner à des fins plasticiennes. Se débarrassant des contraintes et limitations de l'image photographique à proprement parler, ses images deviennent techniques mixtes, peintures ou livres d'artiste.
PRIX PICTET
The theme of the fifth cycle of the Prix Pictet is Consumption. Consumption lies at the heart of the Prix Pictet’s mission to bring global attention to what we believe is the greatest challenge facing humankind today: the issue of environmental sustainability.
It is a multi-faceted theme that is rich with creative potential. We are all consumers. We have invented new forms of building, industrial production, farming and energy; we have emptied the seas and ravaged the land in our relentless drive to satisfy our unquenchable desires. We have built vast empires based on luxury goods, creating demand for essentials that we didn’t know we needed. We have sustained this through the sometimes thoughtless exploitation of the world’s poorest people.
The Shortlist of eleven artists selected for the Fifth Cycle of the Prix Pictet, was announced at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris on 13 November 2013. The winner was announced on 21 May 2014 at the opening of an exhibition of works by the shortlisted artists at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. German photographer Michael Schmidt was named as the fifth laureate of the Prix Pictet for his series Lebensmittel by honorary president, Kofi Annan. Three days after the announcement was made Michael Schmidt sadly passed away aged 68.
Prix Pictet Consumption will now tour globally, for more information on upcoming events visit this link.
PIERRE ALAIN CHAMBAZ
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