#FMP Research – Olivier Richon

Olivier Richon’s works give me a very quiet feeling, there’s no unnecessary decoration, and people can catch the key point at directly. The colour is also mostly in grey tone, the whole work is very clean and minimal.

Kani, Tokyo, 2016, Color Photography, silver print type C, 117.5 x 95.3 cm

 

These two works remind me of the life drawing studios. When I used to study drawing and sketching, the tutor would put some fruits and other things on some sheets.

Les Exercices Spirituels, 1991, Analog photography, C-type Print, 83 x 67 cm

Madeleine Penitente, 1991, Analog photography. C-type Print, 67 x 83 cm

 

This is my favourite work compared to the others. Still life is mainly “still”, objects do not move, but the difference is the turtle moving track was captured.

<em> Portrait of a tortoise in motion, 2008, 90 x 74 cm

Symmetry, life, and despair, these are the words my mind came out when I saw the image. The fish in image is not complete, only two heads face to face, the overall gray tone gives a cold sense od despair, and the fish eye and red meat remind me of their life.

Acedia, 2013

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