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DRAMAGRAPHIES BY MICHEL LAGARDE

THE NEW EXHIBITION BY

THE GALERIE VRAIS REVES

Dramagraphies

Michel LAGARDE is an artist, set designer, scenographer, draftsman and comedian who improvised himself
photographer.
It is by enriching his drawings by the photo that he comes to photography.

Far from abandoning the drawing, some of his photos are like paintings that he modifies thanks to the use of a Photoshop brush.

He is a polymorphous artist since he is inspired by both the polars, the comics, the engravings of the nineteenth
century and Flemish painting.

It is in this perspective that he puts in scene a reinterpretation of the painting "The retractor" of Bosch:
"Talking about my work is a difficult exercise for me, say that this project was born from the fact that I practiced different artistic forms and that I wanted to bring them together.

The theater as an actor and decorator, painting, photography and a pleasure to tell "stories". Recomposing images where all these forms of art would be present, but above all present a snapshot of internal images accumulated since childhood.
Through his "Dramagraphies" LAGARDE does not seek to reproduce the reality, quite the opposite.
aims to "recreate another" reality.
His world is deeply marked by the theater since his self-portraits are stagings in his own right, of which he is both the director but also the multiple characters.
Far from being autobiographical, his skits appear as unique and autonomous compositions made from models, singular objects, costumes, and various and far-fetched sets.

When asked if he is himself staging he answers:
"It is not really me that I put in scene in the Dramagraphies, it is rather roles that I interpret like actor (...) certainly the images '' out '' of my head but I do not tell my life, I enjoy interpreting it without worrying about my physical image, I would rather tend to distort it.

I like caricature because it forces the bias. "
His work reflects a concern for interpretation, distancing and staging of the reality he transfigures.
I like caricature because it forces the bias. "
His work reflects a concern for interpretation, distancing and staging of the reality he transfigures.
Some bibliographical references

 Michel Lagarde was born on April 6, 1954 in Cadouin (Dordogne).
Since his childhood he has been painting and drawing.
In 1974, he worked in a theater company where he realized his first sets and performer his first roles.

He is given his first camera and he makes some
series, then give up to devote himself solely to theatrical practice.

In 1987, he left the troupe and devoted himself only to scenography and scenery.
He creates many scenographies and sets for live shows, events, fashion shows, theater and opera.
In 2002, he returned to photography with the series "Dramagraphies, photographic self-portraits" always
in progress today. This series brings together all the artistic disciplines practiced until now.
Today Michel Lagarde lives in the countryside south of Paris where he continues his photographic work
with the series "Dramagraphies" and creates scenographies and sets for
directors whom he appreciates the work.
He works mainly through digital photomontage.
Regarding taking pictures, he uses a standing camera, which he starts with the shutter release button and allows him to multiply shots.
The shooting time is uncertain and often invites improvisation.
The rendering of images is random and that is surely what makes them so charming.
At the crossroads between narration, cinema, theater and photography "Dramagraphies" weave a link between different forms of art and call for interdisciplinarity.
«Come see the actor (s)
See the musician (s)
See the magician (s)
Who are coming?

A beautiful, surprising, fulgurating exhibition full of Oh! Ah! so quickly run to see her !!

Galerie Vrais Rêves
Exhibition : From 9th May to 22nd June 2019
Vernissa ge: Saturday, May 4 from 17h in the presence of the artist
Open : Wednesday to Saturday from 3 to 7 pm or by appointment, except Public Holidays
Guided tour, Saturday, May 25 at 17h
Sandra Stac for DayNewsWorld

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