A Fairy Duet

David Zérah

2 high-gloss photographs mounted on 1.5 mm aluminum, high-gloss lamination, 100 x 100 cm each, edition size: 5 + 1 artist’s proof

Like the photographic work The Pool of Tears, which belongs to the Frac Bretagne, or The Queens Croquet Ground, which belongs to the Frac Haute-Normandie, the title of this work refers to the book *The Complete Illustrated Works of Lewis Carroll*, published by Chancellor Press in 1982.

This title, borrowed from literature, shifts the focus of visual interpretation into the realm of literature while avoiding a mere illustration of a text. But what are these young women doing? Are they reading a book or typing a text message? This diptych attempts to reconstruct a third image in the viewer’s imagination and interpretation.

Production : La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes

Collection : fonds départemental d’acquisition d’œuvres d’Ille-et-Vilaine