Sabine Pigalle is a French photographer and an artist. She was born in Rouen in France in 1963, and now lives and works in Paris. Pigalle studied at

Sorbonne University Sorbonne University () is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to the Middle Ages in 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon as a constituent college of the Unive ...

and worked with

Helmut Newton Helmut Newton (né Neustädter; 31 October 192023 January 2004) was a German-Australian photographer. The ''The New York Times, New York Times'' described him as a "prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically ch ...

for four years focusing on fashion photography before moving on to more personal projects. Most of her work concentrates on the reinterpretation of myths. Religious history, mythology, Flemish primitives painters and also

mannerism Mannerism is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, when the Baroque style largely replaced it ...

provide both the varied sources of her inspiration and the raw materials for artistic explorations. Pigalle produces hybrid photographs in different series, mainly dedicated to the art of portraiture, that combine the contemporary with references to ancient art.

Exhibits

Exhibitions held by Pigalle: * 2002 Union of Decorative Arts, UCAD,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France, « Motifs » * 2002 Gallery Valérie Cueto, Paris, France, « Mue couture » * 2003 Gallery Basia Embiricos, Paris, France, « H2O » * 2004 Gallery Basia Embiricos, Paris, France, « Ducks » * 2006 Gallery Celine Omotesando,

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, Japan « Paris-Tokyo » * 2007 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy, Opening * 2007 Comité Colbert,

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, « Devot-Ration » * 2007 Centre Culturel ARAGON, Oyonnax, France, « A d'autres faims » * 2007 Gallery Basia Embiricos, Paris, France, « Corps à corps » * 2007 Gallery Boyer Labarre,

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, Switzerland, « Protectors » * 2008 Gallery Brasília, Paris, « Geishas » * 2008 Transphotographiques,

Lille Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...

, France, Tri Postal, Eglise Saint Maurice * 2008 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, "East-West a contemporary dialog" * 2008 Gallery Cueto Project,

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, USA, "Spleen-flowers of evil" * 2009 Comité Colbert, Hong Kong, « Croquembouche mystère » * 2009 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy “Ecce homo” * 2009 Conseil Général de la Sarthe, Prieuré de Vivoin “Le sixieme jour” * 2009 Conseil Général de la Sarthe, Abbaye de l’Epau “Dog is in the hair” * 2009 Maison Parisienne,

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, Switzerland “Osmose” * 2009 Ambassade de France Tokyo, Japan “No man's land” * 2010 Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy * 2011 Solo show "Protectors" at Hotel de Ville Woluwe Saint Pierre,

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, Belgium * 2011 Solo show "Protectors" at Gallery Brandt,

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, Netherlands * 2012 Group show "Beautiful Penis" at Analix Forever c/o Galerie Nuke, Paris, France * 2012 Solo show "Timequakes" at Louise Alexander Gallery, Porto Cervo, Italy * 2014 Solo show "Timequakes" at Chanel Nexus Hall, Tokyo, Japan * 2015 Solo show "In Memoriam" at Wild Project Gallery, Luxembourg

Filmography

* 2008 « Souper fin » L'éclaireur, Paris, France, * 2008 « Sweet art - Parcours Saint Germain », « Devot-Ration » * 2009 « Souper fin » Salone del Mobile,

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, Italy, Maison et Objets, Paris, France

Bibliography

* 2007 Toxy-Food. Prix du Jury Ladurée, Editions Intervalles * 2009 Festins libertins, Editions Intervalles Publisher's page of Festins Libertins
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References

External links

Sabine Pigalle at Louise Alexander Gallery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pigalle, Sabine 1963 births Living people Artists from Rouen French conceptual artists Women conceptual artists Photographers from Paris 21st-century French women photographers 21st-century French photographers 20th-century French women