Tondo
Royaume-Uni/France
2016Invité
A Tondo is a circular shaped painting, a format which became popular during the Renaissance. It was mostly used for portraits and representations of the Virgin Mary and Child.
Benjamin RENOUX adapts this format for his work on the « mirror stage », the moment when a child first recognizes their reflection in the mirror. “Tondo” consists of a series of round formatted videos, presented in stylized Renaissance sculpted frames. The videos show the artist reflection, talking to photographs. The conversations remain inaudible to preserve privacy. “Tondo” is a way for Benjamin RENOUX to juxtapose space-times : that of photography, that of reflection and that of the spectator.
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About the artist
Benjamin RENOUX was born in 1986 in Abidjan, he now works between Paris and London. He began to study film and art history in Paris and San Francisco and was a graduate of Central Saint Martins in London. In 2010 he won the Prix Art Chic Fair and was selected to the 60th Montrouge Salon in 2015.