Hicham BERRADA (b. 1986). Carmine d'indigo, 80°, 1/400s, 2014. Color photograph (Durst Lambda silver print on satin-finish paper). Edition of 1, with 1AP (Inv n°HB126). Height : 110 cm - Width : 147 cm Provenance : - Purchased on February 25, 2019 from Galerie Kamel Mennour (a copy of the purchase invoice will be sent to the buyer) ; - Paris private collection Exhibition : Fondation François Schneider. Note: A contemporary artist of Moroccan origin, living and working in France, he explores the encounter between science and the imaginary through visual and chemical experiments that become landscapes in transformation. His work, often presented in the form of performances or immersive devices, reveals controlled natural phenomena - crystallizations, light reactions, microclimates - as poetic events. Celeste is one of his most striking projects: a universe where matter metamorphoses before the viewer's very eyes, revealing the secret beauty of natural processes. This photograph was taken during the artist's stay at Villa Medici, the French Academy in Rome, where he was a resident from 2013 to 2014. A custom-made smoke device was designed to produce the desired color, density and dispersion of blue smoke. His work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including at Louvre-Lens; Hayward Gallery, London; Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw (USA); Punta della Dogana - Collection Pinault, Venice (Italy); Musée Zadkine, Paris (France); Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (Germany); Centre Pompidou, Paris; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Abbaye de Maubuisson; Gardens of the Château de Versailles; Mac Val, Vitry-sur-Seine; macLyon; Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing; ZKM, Karlsruhe (Germany); Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main; ICAS - Institute of Contemporary Arts, Singapore; Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Banco de la República, Bogota.