ART LABOR Gallery presents
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Eric Leleu - BJ08 Instants décisifs
Eric Leleu-北京08 决定性的多个瞬间

This series of photographs has been produced from nearly 4500 photos, edited on computer over the period of almost non-stop for one year to create 12 "perfect" photos, the crowds exactly as the photographer would have wished them to be, creating the perfect decisive instants during a brief moment in history called the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. This series of technically accomplished artworks is both a statement of the uncontested acceptance of Photoshop into the creative vocabulary of art photography, and a subtle poke at Cartier-Bresson's theory of the "instant décisif", saying, very very briefly that the perfect picture could or should not be staged, amongst a whole ton of other socio-political metaphor!
这组照片的产生来自近4500张图片。摄影家全年无休地拍摄和编辑，创作出最终12个“完美”场景。在2008北京奥运这一重大历史时刻，人群在摄影师的精心策划下，组成了多个生动的“决定性瞬间”。这些技巧娴熟的艺术作品，既是在摄影艺术词汇不断被丰富的今天，对Photoshop无可争议被接纳的陈述，也是对Cartier Bresson著名的“决定性瞬间”理论敏锐的延伸，简而言之，这些注入大量社会引喻的精彩照片耐人寻味，值得一看。

Please join the artist and our gallery at the opening party, SATURDAY MAY 16, 5 - 9pm, for drinks and video and music.
诚邀您参加 5月16日 星期六晚5点至9点，Art Labor画廊开幕酒会；让我们在享受视听盛宴的同时与艺术家畅谈。

There will be a game along the lines of the famous "Where's Wally?" cartoons, in which whoever finds the artist in one of the photos will win an original AP photograph, mounted and framed, worth 13,000 RMB. This will end at 8pm!
当天的游戏环节，借用动画片“Wally在哪儿？”的规则，准备了一张照片将摄影师放置其中，第一个找到他的人将赢得一幅装裱带框的原创作品，价值13，000RMB，该活动在晚上8点结束。

More info:
更多：
http://www.instants-decisifs.org
http://www.artlaborgallery.com

ART LABOR Gallery
ART LABOR 画廊

10 - 36 Yongjia lu (near Maoming lu)
Shanghai, China 200020
中国.上海 永嘉路36-10号（靠近茂名路）
Phone: 86 - 21 - 6431 7782
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