“Nus Sacrés” (2010-2015)

From the very first encounter with Anthony Mirial’s photographs, the viewer forgets the photographer and is drawn into another world, a subtle composition whose signs must be deciphered. A confrontation then takes place with these bodies, simply clothed in tattoos. But are they paintings on skin, or the trace of sunlight on stained glass?

The work does not end with its graphic dimension; it opens a door into an imaginary universe, a mirage, perhaps the reminiscence of a forgotten dream.

If art is a medium that allows us to ascend into the celestial ether, then the wager is fulfilled.

Yet the “sacred nude” is a delicate theme, bordering on blasphemy. Anthony Mirial, however, loves and respects the eternal feminine. He veils it in modesty, in the manner of 18th-century religious scenes later redressed in the puritanism of the late 19th century.

Anthony Mirial stands at the dawn of his artistic life, already demonstrating remarkable creative fertility. The originality of his approach suggests a lasting imprint on the course of 21st-century photography.

Hubert Konrad
Co-founder of Artprice
Director of Galerie Hubert Konrad , Paris 8th arrondissement