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Philippe Perrot's Cinematic Family Secrets in Painting

artist · 2026-04-23

Philippe Perrot's image culture is cinematic. While his early fictions reenacted family scenes, he shifted to painting in the 1990s, asserting that regardless of medium, images always regress to childhood trauma.

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  • Philippe Perrot's image culture is cinematic.
  • His early fictions reenacted family scenes.
  • He shifted to painting in the 1990s.
  • He asserts images always regress to childhood trauma.

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  • Philippe Perrot

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