Vee Speers Australienne, 1962
"Elle montre la beauté là où celle-ci est terriblement absente."
Karl Lagerfeld
Depuis maintenant presque trente ans, la plus française des artistes australiennes, Vee Speers, construit des portraits dans un style qui lui est propre et instantanément reconnaissable. Elle vêt, coiffe et métamorphose ses sujets dans le moindre détail, ne laissant rien au hasard. De ses années d’apprentissage aux côtés de son père, Speers retient une préférence pour le noir et blanc des tirages argentiques, qu’elle digitalise pour les colorer partiellement. Ses portraits sont ainsi rendus intemporels et liminaux, entre le réel et le fantastique, le transitoire et la permanence.
Suivant un fil narratif cohérent tout au long de ses neuf séries, Vee Speers construit une mythologie qui lui est propre, explorant la féminité, l’enfance et ses mutations.
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Untitled #1, 2018
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Untitled #2, 2018
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Crown, 2023
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Flower, 2023
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Gaia, 2023
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Globe, 2023
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Orchids, 2023
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Thistles, 2023
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Untitled #1, 2020
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Untitled #10, 2020
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Untitled #11, 2020
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Untitled #12, 2020
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Untitled #13, 2020
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Untitled #14, 2020
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Untitled #16, 2020
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Untitled #17, 2020
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Untitled #18, 2020
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Untitled #2, 2020
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Untitled #21, 2020
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Untitled #23, 2020
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Untitled #24, 2020
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Untitled #3, 2020
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Untitled #4, 2020
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Untitled #5, 2020
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Untitled #6, 2020
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Untitled #7, 2020
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Untitled #8, 2020
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Untitled #9, 2020
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Botanica #1 (Clematis), 2016
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Botanica #11 (Eucalyptus Globulus), 2016
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Botanica #12 (Tulipa Gesneriana), 2016
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Botanica #13 (Heliconia Bihai), 2016
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Botanica #14 (Heliconia Hirsuta), 2016
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Botanica #15 (Leucospermum Cordifolium), 2016
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Botanica #16 (Paeonia), 2016
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Botanica #17 (Protea Cynaroides), 2016
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Botanica #18 (Tulipa Gesneriana), 2016
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Botanica #19 (Craspedia), 2016
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Botanica #2 (Gloriosa Superba), 2016
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Botanica #20 (Craspedia), 2016
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Botanica #21 (Iris Germanica), 2016
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Botanica #22 (Pennisetum), 2016
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Botanica #24 (Hyacinthus Orientalis), 2016
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Botanica #25 (Anthurium Andraenum), 2016
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Botanica #26 (Curcuma), 2016
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Botanica #27 (Ficus Carica), 2016
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Botanica #29 (Lotus), 2016
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Botanica #3 (Celosia Cristata), 2016
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Botanica #30 (Alstroemeria), 2016
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Botanica #4 (Strelitzia Reginae), 2016
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Botanica #5 (Amaryllis), 2016
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Botanica #8 (Alstroemeria), 2016
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Botanica #9 (Eustoma Grandiflorum), 2016
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Untitled #9, 2017
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Untitled #7, 2017
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Untitled #6, 2017
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Untitled #5, 2017
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Untitled #4, 2017
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Untitled #3, 2017
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Untitled #2, 2017
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Untitled #17, 2017
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Untitled #16, 2017
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Untitled #15, 2017
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Untitled #13, 2017
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Untitled #1, 2017
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Untitled #10, 2017
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Untitled #11, 2017
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Untitled #1, 2013
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Untitled #12, 2017
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Untitled #9, 2013
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Untitled #8, 2013
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Untitled #6, 2013
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Untitled #39, 2013
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Untitled #36, 2013
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Untitled #34, 2013
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Untitled #32, 2013
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Untitled #31, 2013
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Untitled #22, 2013
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Untitled #20, 2013
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Untitled #16, 2013
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Untitled #15, 2013
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Untitled #14, 2013
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Untitled #11, 2013
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Untitled #10, 2013
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Untitled #9, 2012
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Untitled #8, 2012
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Untitled #7, 2012
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Untitled #6, 2012
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Untitled #5, 2012
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Untitled #4, 2012
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Untitled #3, 2012
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Untitled #2, 2012
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Untitled #13, 2012
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Untitled #12, 2012
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Untitled #11, 2012
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Untitled #10, 2012
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Untitled #1, 2012
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Immortal #1, 2010
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Immortal #11, 2010
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Immortal #12, 2010
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Immortal #13, 2010
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Immortal #14, 2010
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Immortal #2, 2010
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Immortal #3, 2010
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Immortal #4, 2010
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Immortal #5, 2010
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Immortal #6, 2010
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Immortal #7, 2010
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Immortal #8, 2010
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Untitled #18, 2007
Speers’ work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, art fairs and festivals around the world. Her photographs have on the covers of over 60 international magazines and all three published monographs are sold out Her photographs have been acquired by Sir Elton John Collection, Michael Wilson Collection, Hoffman Collection U.S., Carter Potash Collection, Morten Viskum Collection, Alan Siegel, Lawrence Schiller, DZ Bank, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Museum 21C, Kentucky, George Eastman House, Beth Rudin Dewoody, Hudson Bay Company Art Fund, CB Collection, Tokyo.
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Botanica #1 (Clematis), 2016
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Botanica #11 (Eucalyptus Globulus), 2016
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Botanica #12 (Tulipa Gesneriana), 2016
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Botanica #13 (Heliconia Bihai), 2016
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Botanica #14 (Heliconia Hirsuta), 2016
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Botanica #15 (Leucospermum Cordifolium), 2016
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Botanica #16 (Paeonia), 2016
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Botanica #17 (Protea Cynaroides), 2016
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Botanica #18 (Tulipa Gesneriana), 2016
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Botanica #19 (Craspedia), 2016
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Botanica #20 (Craspedia), 2016
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Botanica #21 (Iris Germanica), 2016
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Botanica #22 (Pennisetum), 2016
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Botanica #24 (Hyacinthus Orientalis), 2016
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Botanica #26 (Curcuma), 2016
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Botanica #27 (Ficus Carica), 2016
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Botanica #29 (Lotus), 2016
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Botanica #3 (Celosia Cristata), 2016
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Botanica #4 (Strelitzia Reginae), 2016
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Botanica #5 (Amaryllis), 2016
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Botanica #8 (Alstroemeria), 2016
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Botanica #9 (Eustoma Grandiflorum), 2016