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Karen Knorr and David Rosenfeld Exhibitions Reviewed by Dominique Baqué

opinion-review · 2026-04-23

Dominique Baqué reviews two concurrent photography exhibitions in Paris. Karen Knorr's 'Sanctuary & Spirits' at Galerie Filles du Calvaire (March 27 – May 17, 2003) explores Western representational codes and their historicization in museums, academies, and art schools, reappropriating ancient myths, allegories, and biblical scenes in a formal and conceptual spirit. David Rosenfeld's 'Les Modernes et Domino' at Galerie Alain Gutharc (March 27 – May 22, 2003) focuses on the human face—the gaze, the curve of a nape, facial features—repeatedly photographed under a violent and fragile lens.

Key facts

  • Karen Knorr exhibition 'Sanctuary & Spirits' at Galerie Filles du Calvaire from March 27 to May 17, 2003
  • David Rosenfeld exhibition 'Les Modernes et Domino' at Galerie Alain Gutharc from March 27 to May 22, 2003
  • Review written by Dominique Baqué
  • Knorr's work reflects on Western representation codes and their historicization in museums, academies, and art schools
  • Knorr reappropriates ancient myths, allegories, and biblical scenes
  • Rosenfeld takes the face as subject: gaze, nape curve, facial features
  • Rosenfeld's photographs described as violent and fragile
  • Both exhibitions were held in Paris in 2003

Entities

Artists

  • Karen Knorr
  • David Rosenfeld
  • Dominique Baqué

Institutions

  • Galerie Filles du Calvaire
  • Galerie Alain Gutharc

Locations

  • Paris
  • France

Sources