GALERIE—PETER—SILLEM
25.06. - 20.08.2022

Christoph Sillem
Daguerre

Galerie—Peter—Sillem invites you to the opening reception of Christoph Sillem’s solo exhibition Daguerre on Friday, 24 June, from 6 to 8 pm. Christoph Sillem will be present.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue with photographs by Christoph Sillem and an essay by Sonia Voss (French/English). As always, we will be happy to reserve a signed copy for you.
’Daguerre’s dioramas transported viewers “elsewhere”. They often reproduced political events or natural disasters. The tarps photographed by Christoph Sillem in ‟Daguerre,” by contrast, cloak a present referent with its perfect copy—they serve to ensure the continuity between a decayed before and the refreshed after. In a word, they seek to erase time, manifesting an ahistorical perspective which speaks volumes on the Paris that investors and urban planners dream of today. Sillem here pays homage to Daguerre, while also revealing one significant face of contemporary Paris. With his photographs he re-instills, into an art of illusion that has been reduced to merely serving a function, a multi-valent, magical charm.’ Sonia Voss in her catalogue essay