AT THE GALLERY



Jean-Michel ANDRÉ

 

07/03/25 – 17/05/25

Chambre 207

“The children’s room was number 207: that’s where I left my memories and my childhood.”

With Chambre 207, Jean-Michel André continues his photographic approach, blending politics and poetry to examine borders, memory, and the shifting nature of territories. This project addresses universal themes woven throughout his work—absence, lack, and the quest for healing. Rooted in an autofictional vein, it draws on a reimagined memory born from a profound childhood trauma.

In this previously unseen series, the photographer revisits the memories of the night that upended his life, as well as the vanished memory of his father. Chambre 207 takes shape as a visual narrative, oscillating between “reconstitution and reconstruction,” as described by photography historian Clément Chéroux.

NEWS

March 21, 2025

[ARLES 2025] La galerie SIT DOWN est heureuse de vous annoncer la participation de Jean-Michel André aux Rencontres de la Photographie cet été. 🗓️7 juillet - 5 octobre 2025 📍Secteur Crosière 📸…

March 5, 2025

NOUVELLE EXPOSITION | JEAN-MICHEL ANDRÉ - CHAMBRE 207 📢 La galerie Sit Down est heureuse de présenter "Chambre 207", la nouvelle série du photographe Jean-Michel André, lauréat du Prix Nadar - Gens…

February 15, 2025

📢 EXPOSITION | Aurore Bagarry au Centre d’Art GwinZegal Nous sommes ravis de vous annoncer qu’Aurore Bagarry, artiste représentée par la galerie, expose actuellement au Centre d’Art GwinZegal à Guingamp ! 🎉…

PUBLICATIONS

Aurore BAGARRY
De la côte
2025

Publisher : GwinZegal

Texts by : Philippe Boulvais, Vava Dudu, and Jérome Sother

For the past fifteen years, Aurore Bagarry has been photographing the sculptural formations of glaciers in the Alps, the rocky shores of the English Channel, and more recently, the Atlantic coasts—ranging from the Gironde and Brittany to Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

Aurore Bagarry’s landscape photographs go beyond geological documentation; they open a dialogue between the interior and the exterior, pointing toward an immensity whose forces exceed us.

Jean-Michel ANDRÉ
Chambre 207
Prix Nadar 2024

Publisher : Actes Sud

Afterword : Clément Chéroux

In this visual essay rooted in autofiction, Jean-Michel André travels in search of vanished memories. Blending elements of investigation, archives, and family heirlooms with his own photographs, he composes a collection that questions memory, mourning, and healing.

The author reveals a poignant story—one that is open to all.