Still Life? - PBF04 / Jean-Robert Dantou
15 November to 21 December 2019
For his series Objets sous contrainte (part of Les murs ne parlent pas), Jean-Robert Dantou takes photos of objects which contains the story of people suffering from psychiatric disorders. He tries to get out of the spectacular and the stigma, to make people appear behind these objects.
Objets sous contrainte (2012-2014) is the first part of the project Les murs ne parlent pas. In this work, Jean-Robert Dantou chose to photograph objects that bring us into the daily lives of people described as schizophrenic, bipolar, suffering from obsessive disorders or depressive syndromes. With the idea of taking distance from the Diane Arbus’ sensational style, Jean-Robert Dantou works directly with patients or caregivers on objects that in their eyes make sense.
Each story immerses us into the crucial question of the perception of dangers, of the acceptable and unacceptable risks. These “symbolic objects” allow us to tell the stories that weave the lives of “psy”, of those who suffer, those who care for them, those who love them, and live in uncertainty.
