Stéphane Couturier

Stéphane Couturier Tapestries and Rugs

The Modern Masters Tapestries Gallery is thrilled to unveil a mesmerizing collection of tapestries and rugs that skillfully embody the essence of Stéphane Couturier’s celebrated artworks.

Stéphane Couturier’s artistic journey began with his series on the Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt. His large-format photographs, captured using a camera obscura or medium format, captivate the viewer’s eye with their intricate details. The power of his images stems from his exclusive use of silver halide photography, a technique he employed until his recent series “Melting Point” shot at the Toyota factory in Valenciennes. In this series, he experimented with merging two scanned images, resulting in a vibrant explosion of details that magically coalesce into a cohesive whole.

Initially specializing in architectural photography, Stéphane Couturier gradually shifted towards a more artistic approach. His photographs of construction sites reveal an organic, colorful city in transformation, often presented in the form of giant diptychs or triptychs. In his series “Landscaping,” he turns his lens to the new towns of California, always under a crushing cloudy sky that flattens the different planes.

Couturier’s work has been exhibited at prestigious institutions such as the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris (2004), the Seoul Museum of Art (2005), the Moscow Museum of Architecture (2006), the International Center of Photography in New York (2006), the Hôtel des Arts in Toulon (2014), the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris (2015), the Musée Nicéphore Niepce in Châlon sur Saône (2016), the Musée de la Photographie in Charleroi, Belgium (2017), and the Musée Fernand Léger in Biot (2018). His photographs have also been featured in numerous publications. He is represented by Galerie Particulière 1 in Paris, Benrubi Gallery in New York, Kornfeld Galerie in Berlin, and Galerie Christophe Guye in Zurich.