Photography by FX Pelissier
Curated by Vlad Merariu · Dance Artworks Gallery
Curatorial Overview
Monochrome Motion presents the work of FX Pelissier - French artist-photographer - as a five-act solo performance. A journey starting with the birth of form to the fade of shape. Under controlled light, gestures reads like typography. The camera scores weight, line, and breath into lucid form. We curated each of the following 5 scenes as a triptych, each revealing a compact, yet expressive phrase in time.
Act I - Birth of Form: from compression to appearance; the body gathers its first measure.
Act II - Axis: a zenith view where mass finds balance and rhythm.
Act III - Gesture Couture: wrist, elbow, shoulder articulate a readable syntax, almost a glyph.
Act IV - Noir Velocity: fabric traces vectors and amplitude in a dramatic ascension.
Act V - Monochrome Fade: balance, dissolve, and a quiet coda in light.
Curated by Vlad Merariu for Dance Artworks Gallery.
Birth of Form
Imagine a seed starting to stir. With growing pressure, its shell begins to tighten, ready for release. A small exhale, and it finds its first direction, feeling the earth beneath it. Those first moments are the beginning of life unfolding into shape.
Axis
Seen from above, the figure chooses a center. Gravity settles, the hips anchor, and the spine draws a straight note through the body.This is the pause that gives everything its measure - the quiet click where balance locks in.
Gesture Couture
Gesture turns typographic. The wrist punctuates, the elbow articulates, the shoulders hold the phrase. A readable grammar, almost a glyph.
Noir Velocity
Fabric makes the motion visible. Arcs, twists, and vertical bursts turn gesture into volume in a dramatic monochrome crescendo.
Monochrome Fade
What rose now softens. A last flare, then the shape folds back to ground.
Curator's Note
Monochrome Motion is a curated collection shown through a solo choreography for the camera: one performer, five acts, a quiet storm of line, weight, and breath. In black-and-white the figure sheds distraction; light becomes score, shadow becomes measure. What remains is a lucid language of movement.
As triptychs, each act builds rhythm in space; three beats that hold tension, release it, and carry the eye forward. Installed singly, they punctuate a room; installed as a suite, they stage a continuum from emergence to fade, adding motion, emotion and calm in the same space. This is the power of fine-art monochrome: it clarifies form, elevates silence, and lends any architecture a living pulse.
For collectors and partners, works are available as limited-edition archival prints with museum-grade papers, framing, and scale options. Sets may be acquired as complete acts or curated across acts to compose your own score. Tell us about your space and intention; we’ll propose editions and arrangements that keep the movement alive.
