Nicholas Metivier Gallery

Robert Polidori – Transitional States

Transitional States is Robert Polidori’s attempt to visually portray aspects of historical revisionism as seen through various stages of the restoration of the Palace of Versailles. What does it really mean to restore a room? Is it about the precise duplication of something which is now showing the wear and tear of its age, to renew it and make it again as it once was? Or does it involve entirely redefining the room’s epidermis to a completely different state, a state that it may once have had in an earlier epoch? The curatorial decisions that control this process reflect a political will and esthetic tastes which have altered over the period of the restoration.

Photographed over a period of 25 years, the transient and temporary situations which the labors of these restorations afford, present temporal paradoxes that engage layers of history and power.

Published in 2009 by Steidl. 480 colour plates. ISBN 978-3-86521-702-8

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After the Flood – Robert Polidori

Robert Polidori’s recent series of photographs, After the Flood, documents the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, from September 2005 to May 2006. A selection of images from the series were selected for his exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum New York in December 2006 as well as the February 2007 exhibition at Nicholas Metivier Gallery.

Published by Steidl. Hardcover, 336 pages, 581 colour plates, 26.9 x 26.2 x 1.8 cm. ISBN 3-86521-277-8

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Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and Chernobyl – Robert Polidori

Fifteen years after Reactor number 4 exploded at Chernobyl, in 2001, Robert Polidori photographed the wasteland of Chernobyl and surrounding areas. Nicholas Metiver Gallery debuted these works in May 2004. The catalogue contains over 100 pages of colour plates.

Published by Steidl. Hardcover, 38.8 x 30.6 x 2.2 cm. ISBN 3-88243-921-1

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Havana – Robert Polidori

In 1997 and 2001, Polidori photographed the magnificently decaying buildings of Havana. The catalogue contains over 100 images of interiors and exteriors ranging from grand residences and national buildings.

Published by Steidl. Hardcover, 38.4 x 30.4 x 2.2 cm. ISBN 3-88243-333-7

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