May 7 - June 30, 2016
First Saturday Art Walk: June 4, 6-8pm
Carine Magescas
La Plage Blanche
Themes+Projects is delighted to present the first West Coast solo exhibition of French Photographer Carine Magescas: “La Plage Blanche”, featuring Magescas’ minimalist seascapes and surf scenes, shot on some of the America’s most iconic surf beaches from Ocean Beach to Montauk, as well as in a remote area of Camargue in Southern France, and all sharing the characteristic of being slightly rough and un-crowded.
Magescas’ dexterity for sophisticated minimalism can be experienced within a single frame. Through delicate overexposure and an ability to strip the image to the essential she captures luminous haven of subdued serenity with a timeless quality. “I work a lot in over-exposure, often reducing the people in the photos to silhouettes in the light” says Magescas, “I like minimal compositions with a level of abstraction that allow thoughts to wander.”
Carine Magescas is a French photographer who moved to the US in 1998. After living in San Francisco and New York City, she now splits her time between Los Angeles and Connecticut. Her photography was first discovered after she launched a collaborative photo blog in 2010: 2Filles2Villes.com. French for 2Girls2Cities.com, 2Filles2Villes is a dialog in photos with a friend in Paris; one picture each per week, forming a diptych with a dynamic of its own.
Since then, Magescas’ work has been exhibited in New York, London, Nantucket, Greenwich and the Hamptons and her photographs hang in homes and private collections from Hong Kong to London. This is the first time the photographs are exhibited “back home” and in San Francisco.
Panoramic view of the exhibition
Left wall
Front wall
Right wall
Opposite wall
Gallery study
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7pm
50 x 33 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
5pm
50 x 33 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
American Woman
50 x 34 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
Out of Time
50 x 33 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
The Surge #1
50 x 29 inches, edition of 10
68 x 39 inches, edition of 3
mounted on Plexi
One Wave II
50 x 29 inches, edition of 10
68 x 39 inches, edition of 3
mounted on Plexi
Shore Break
50 x 29 inches, edition of 10
68 x 39 inches, edition of 3
mounted on Plexi
Bikini
50 x 29 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
Bohemian Beach
35.5 x 25.5 inches (framed), edition of 7
63.5 x 45 inches (framed, edition of 5
archival pigment photograph
Beach Bohemians
35.5 x 25.5 inches (framed), edition of 7
63.5 x 45 inches (framed, edition of 5
archival pigment photograph
Carmague #2
41 x 25.5 inches (framed), edition of 7
63.5 x 39 inches (framed), edition of 5
archival pigment photograph
Carmague #1
41 x 25.5 inches (framed), edition of 7
63.5 x 39 inches (framed), edition of 5
archival pigment photograph
Seul
50 x 33 inches, edition of 10
mounted on Plexi
One Wave
50 x 29 inches, edition of 10 SOLD OUT*
68 x 39 inches, edition of 3 SOLD OUT*
mounted on Plexi
*artist proof may be available
Montauk Night
50 x 33 inches, edition of 7
archival pigment photograph
