Podcast Thomas Devaux “Cet obscur objet du désir” Macadam Gallery
THOMAS DEVAUX
Focus Until May 30
« This obscure object of desire traps the mechanisms of our fascination with the surfaces and simulacra of late capitalism. Closer to object than photography, the work diverts the fetishism of merchandise in favour of a new totemism. »
« Devaux's photographs seem to be consumed in their perceptive purpose, but that would be forgetting that the verb consumer stipulates pure and simple destruction, while consuming, in the literal sense, implies useful destruction, used for some purposes. »
