Georges Rousse French, 1947

Georges Rousse (1947, Paris)

He was given his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, at the age of nine. Since then, the camera has not left his side. He left medical school to study photography and printing techniques. After opening his own studio, he devoted himself to architectural photography.

Rousse found his completely independent interpretation in the genre of architectural photography through a symbiosis of painting, space, installation and photography. He photographs found, abandoned properties, in which Rousse then draws his spatially staggered anamorphic interventions. To this end, he covers certain areas with geometric areas of colour. The selection of these batches cannot be arbitrary, but is determined by the end product to be created.

The work "Vilnius", created in 2009, is also such an elaborately designed photographic anamorphosis. On a trip, George Rousse discovered his motif in an abandoned building in Vilnius. The floor, columns and walls were painted here in such a way that the image of a large, deep black dot pushes its way into the middle of the room. The geometric circular structure lays with mathematical rigor over the "natural" background with its diverse structures. In this tension structure, a new view of things and a changed interpretation of space emerges. 

Rousse has received numerous scholarships and awards, including the Prix de Rome, Italy (1986), the Prix ICP (Institute Center of Photography), New York (1988) and the National Grand Prix for Photography, France (1993).

In 2008, he succeeded Sol LeWitt as an associate member of the Royal Academy in Belgium. His works are represented in many private and public collections around the world.

The artist lives and works in Paris and Nice.

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