Metz - French paparazzi exhibition generates heated discourse
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Normally relegated to the bottom of the artistic heap, paparazzi are getting their own French art exhibition, just weeks after one of them managed to wreck the president’s relationship.
By turns populist and subversive, the controversial exhibition at the Centre Pompidou-Metz opens on Wednesday, featuring the snaps of French President Francois Hollande leaving the home of actress Julie Gayet on a scooter.
The photos by Sebastien Valiela, published in Closer magazine in January, led to the president dumping his long-term partner Valerie Trierweiler.
The exhibition relives other notable scandals, including a snap from 1994 of former president Francois Mitterand with his secret daughter Mazarine Pingeot, who was born to a mistress.
It is the first time Valiela is displaying his work, let alone in a renowned gallery. He said it was “one in the eye” for all those who look down on the genre.
The exhibition “Paparazzi! Photographes, Stars et Ertistes” runs through June 9.
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