an old black and white photo of a pair of jeans
Villefranche Enchères Riviera

68 - * Fred MELIANI (20th–21st centuries)
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Estimate €50 - €80
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* Fred MELIANI (20th–21st centuries) Open Fly Black-and-white photograph Unsigned Image size 23.5 x 23.5 cm The Galerie Helenbeck in Paris is exhibiting the work of photographer Fred Meliani from 1 November to 16 December 2006. The artist, who lives between Nice and Paris, developed a project entitled *Paris sous Prozac* between January and April 2001. Following an advertisement published in the newspaper *Libération* in 2001, the artist photographed hundreds of strangers, asking them to portray a fictional state linked to the hypothetical consumption of ‘the happiness pill’. In various locations across the capital (Rue Royale, Porte de La Chapelle, Champs de Mars, etc.), the artist acts as a director of a public-actor who improvises, invents, imagines and reflects on their own story. In scenes of personal and intimate life that take on a fantastical and strange air, the originality of the artist’s approach lies in inserting these ‘unusual’ behaviours into the urban and public space, thereby questioning the frenzy and pressure of our societies.
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About the sale The Helenbeck Sisters’ Collection
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Auction time 09/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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