Title: Le premier geste
Artist: Amandine Freyd
September Books, 2021
Softcover
148 x 210 mm
86 pages
First edition
ISBN: 9782490572052
It all starts with the hand. The origin of the gesture of help, assistance but also all the others merge with the origins of man. The artist has created his encyclopedia of postures, devoid of their practicality. The hands are right there, hanging in the mesh of the weft of these old images. The archive is an excess of meaning, says Arlette Farge, where whoever reads it feels beauty, stupor and a certain emotional jolt.
“Le premier geste presents a large part of Amandine Freyd’s collection of hands. These come from the archives of an ancient encyclopedia of first aid and medicine.
- From the publisher’s website
It all starts with the hand. The origin of the gesture of help, assistance but also all the others merge with the origins of man. The artist has created his encyclopedia of postures, devoid of their practicality. The hands are right there, hanging in the mesh of the weft of these old images. The archive is an excess of meaning, says Arlette Farge, where whoever reads it feels beauty, stupor and a certain emotional jolt.
“Le premier geste presents a large part of Amandine Freyd’s collection of hands. These come from the archives of an ancient encyclopedia of first aid and medicine.
- From the publisher’s website
