Following on from the retrospective held at Artcurial in November 2023, Natacha Dassault and Artcurial Belgium pay further tribute to photographer Olivier Dassault. With a double exhibition in October 2024, Artcurial and Banque Transatlantique are presenting a selection of Olivier Dassault's silver photographs at their respective venues.

This tribute reflects Olivier Dassault's photographic career, with particular emphasis on the last fifteen years of his career. Composed on original supports, these works, some of which have never been seen before, bear witness to his unique vision. A passionate pilot, he captured images marked by a fascinating interplay between verticality and horizontality, giving his work a singular, timeless signature.

Olivier Dassault has been passionate about photography since his early teens. Faithful to his Minolta XD7, he devoted part of his life to capturing moments on silver film. From amateur competitions to his many trips around the world, everything became a pretext for him to hone his eye, perfect his technique and develop a deeply personal artistic approach.

Over more than 40 years, Olivier Dassault's work has evolved from spontaneous abstractions to improvised compositions, often achieved through multiple exposures and overprints at the shoot. Gradually, he freed himself from the constraints of realism to explore color and form as true sources of creation.

An avid traveler, Olivier Dassault creates unique and captivating visual compositions exclusively in film. By carefully observing his surroundings, he captures the essence of the elements that surround him. Wherever he finds himself, he photographs, transforming every moment into a singular work of art.

His photographs are exhibited worldwide, from Paris to New York, Madrid to Marrakech, and are included in the catalogs of many museums and institutions, from the Bibliothèque Nationale de France to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, from the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas, to the Palm Springs Art Museum in California. In 2023, his work will join the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Olivier Dassault's approach remains a quest for obsessive reflection, towards the ultimate, unprecedented cliché. His “iconic confessions” attest to his mischievous spirit, his sensitivity and the virtuosity of his gestures. Every work bears witness to a fragment of life, where light harmonizes with matter and invites us to appreciate the beauty of the world and preserve it.