591 Exhibition - Noëlle Grosso

Photos © Noëlle Grosso

Her bio pic makes me think of a Lauren Bacall of the 21st century. But this is not The Big Sleep and the unforgettable dialogue between Vivian and Marlowe, this is The Mute Sirens - a drama of our time. The people in it appear mute, desperate...desperately in love. I often get a feeling that they are watching something happening or that they are victims of something that just happened to them.

It is a strong series that Noëlle Grosso is working on. When we were preparing this presentation she told me that the series is like a puzzle. Yes, I agree...I think of the woman in the first picture...it looks like she is trying to put her cards in order. I am not sure if she will succeed, because there is no absolute truth or order...there are only feelings, emotions in this great series. - Mr Urbano


Exhibition ended April 11, 2009



Noëlle Grosso
Born: 1976
Lives in: Brooklyn, NY
Inspiration (photographers): Duane Michals, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jeff Wall, William Eggleston, Nobuyoshi Araki
Inspiration (other): David Lynch, Louise Bourgeois, Marina Abramović, Vik Muniz, Stanley Kubrick, Bill Viola, Luis Buñuel
Film, digital or both: Film
Quote: "When you stand in front of me and look at me, what do you know of the griefs that is in me and what do I know of yours?" - Franz Kafka