Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame exhibition, artist talk and book launch in Paris
Exhibition extended through 8 February 2025
Opening reception Thursday, 31 October from 6pm to 8pm
Galerie Miranda
21 rue du Château d’Eau
75010 Paris
France
Tel: +33 1 40 38 36 53
Gallery hours
Tuesday – Friday: 2 – 7pm
Saturday: noon – 7pm
Tomas Van Houtryve + Ellen Carey – Black and white, topographies
The duo exhibition features black-and-white prints by Tomas Van Houtryve of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, from his series Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame. Van Houtryve’s documentary photographs are made with different techniques, both contemporary and 19th century, and are presented in dialogue with rare black-and-white works by Ellen Carey (1952, American) from her early series of darkroom experiments Dings & Shadows and Photogenic Drawing. Her abstract, sculptural silver gelatin photograms echo with van Houtryve’s contemporary practice with historical photographic processes.
More events:
Book signing at Paris Photo
Saturday, 9 Nov. at 2pm
Radius Books booth
Grand Palais
Paris, 75008
Artist Talk
Thursday 21 Nov. at 7pm
Columbia Global Centre – Paris
Reid Hall
4 Rue de Chevreuse
75006 Paris, France
About Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame
Icon, architectural feat, religious sanctuary, subject and muse, Notre-Dame de Paris embodies multiple meanings. Since the invention of photography in 1839, photographers have continued to photograph it, until the dramatic fire of April 15, 2019. Tomas Van Houtryve began photographing Notre-Dame cathedral in 2009, first informally, then as part of a commission to follow the restoration work after the fire of 2019. Choosing to work with a 19th century wooden camera and the wet collodion process, Van Houtryve seeks parallels with the previous restoration of Notre-Dame in the mid-19th century, carried out by the architect Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc. Inspired by the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, Van Houtryve revisits the Parisian icon in unique and unexpected situations. Using a range of old and new techniques, he questions and reinterprets the visual representation of the Paris monument.
“Tomas van Houtryve manages to portray the historical, architectural, spiritual, artistic and human greatness that Notre Dame represents.”
-Pauline Vermare, Thirty-Six Views of Notre Dame, Radius Books, 2024
