Jorge Molder's 'L'Interprétation des rêves' at Centre Gulbenkian, Paris

Portuguese photographer Jorge Molder presents 'L'Interprétation des rêves' at Centre Gulbenkian in Paris from January 27 to April 9, 2010. The exhibition, referencing Freud, features enigmatic black-and-white and color photographs exploring consciousness, fiction, and theatricality. The first series, 'Le Petit Monde' (2000), displays 24 images as an elliptical cinematic sequence of a man in a black suit navigating corridors, mirrors, and writing. Molder uses his own image not as self-portraiture but as a fictional character. Later works incorporate film stills, isolating details like hands and faces to create impossible narratives. The 2009 series, which gives the exhibition its title, introduces color and a cabaret-like setting with playing cards, roulette wheels, top hats, and chandeliers, evoking David Lynch's fracture between reality and illusion. A concurrent exhibition runs at Galerie Bernard Bouche, Paris, from May 6 to July 3, 2010.