Damaged Goods 03 - Limited Edition 1 of 10 Print

Born in France, 1975 (Le Mans). The photographs of Fabien Gruau are built up with different layers. Based on a classical approach (documentary for most of the series), captured with a middle format camera, it seems that poetry is never too far away when you meet his images. From this combination reality/fiction, he can create singular stories as his series “My street” or « Portraits ». You become introduced, in a documentary styled way, to the life and variety of the people in a neighborhood in Amsterdam, or by collaborate with other artists into a street performance (ZUR, France). You feel the “nostalgia” in his interactive large-scale image-based performances accompanied with music « Les Aires ». Beside of this specific approach , in his latest series called « Ruins », his work has taken a new turn. This series is no less poetic than his previous ones, but the form of his photography has changed, its language is moving to a mediated collaged imagery. “Ruins” creates an abstraction within the reality.