PASSAGE GALLERY Pierre Passebon 20-26 Véro-Dodat gallery, Paris 1er Open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Simon Bocanegra / Philippe Morillon Coming soon; Simon Bocanegra (1949-2011) is a portrait painter, a night photographer of great talent. His operating mode still identical, an arm raised to the sky with his flash and his Nikon, he seizes the moment. Simon is happy when he photographs: it is his life. A lover of scandals, androgynous beauties and the elderly, he is also the visual witness of his friends and of an underground world. In Paris, New York, London and Tel Aviv he captures the image always on a wire. His feeling of being unloved, traces of his childhood, is belied by the many proofs of appreciation and support he received over the course of his life. The quality of the images testifies to the instinct of a perfectionist, they are beautiful, magical and immortal. Very cultivated, he reads tirelessly in his eagle's nest next to the circus of the Calvary girls. About his much desired book he wrote a dedication: “De la parthenogenèse ou coincedentia oppositorum. Would I gladly dedicate this work to hearts in heat, to those without mirrors, to the truths of the mask, to the warriors "what shall we say", to the volcanic passions of the deep futile, to all the ardor, to the pregnant souls of 'themselves, to immortal glamours, to millennial youths, to objectless desires, to all the glories of yes, and, since here I am, sublime A. Fearing to venture into the twists and turns of the alphabet, I choose to stop at the first letter on which I stumble. And it was A. A would live in my center. A. is said to be Androgynous. " Philippe Morillon; The Galerie du Passage exhibits a series of illustrations from the years 1974 to 1980 gathered in a box set printed in 100 copies. On this occasion, the artist will be present to dedicate this work. Philippe Morillon, witness and privileged actor of those years when illustration was omnipresent in the press, cinema, music, chose some cult images of this period. This choice was given by Philippe Morillon to the figures of this time who kindly lent themselves to the game: each opting for his favorite iconic image. Inspired by the album "Ultra Lux" on his works as an illustrator in 1982, prefaced by Andy Warhol (He wrote chronicles and photographs for Warhol's magazine “Interview”), Philippe quite naturally proposed his project to Pierre Passebon, with whom he had already exhibited “One last dance? »Series of photographs on the Palace strip. His name remains attached to this place of which he created the poster and the logo and shared all the celebrations. Artistic director of the magazines Egoïste and Vogue, collaborator of Pierre et Gilles and friend of Karl Lagerfeld, his eye has always been appreciated. His graphic work carried out with an airbrush preserves the spirit of Pop'art and Hyperrealism. In his apartment on Boulevard Sébastopol, friends and artists met and shared this joyful and creative precursor. David Rocheline, Paquita, François Baudot, Bénédicte Siroux, Christian Louboutin, Eva Ionesco, Pierre, Gilles, Farida, all were then the children of the Palace, this lost paradise. Between illustration (Philippe Morillon) and photography (Simon Bocanegra) the Gallery du Passage pays tribute to those daring and tolerant Parisian years where ethics and morals were different. Passage gallery Anciennes expos (archives) Visitez notre galerie virtuelle ENTREZ Nous rejoindre 22 - 26 galerie Véro-Dodat 75001 Paris 01 42 36 01 13 ITINÉRAIRE? EN VOITURE A PIED A VÉLO TRANSIT PP Galerie du Passage Pierre Passebon mail : mail@galeriedupassage.com Actuellement Archives Photos Visite 3D Contact