The idea is original: to show works that have been commissioned but rejected by clients. This is what photographers Clegg & Guttmann propose for their Rejected exhibition at the Konschthal Esch.
Michael Clegg and Yair Martin Guttmann have been practising portrait photography since the 1980s. In this post-modern era where painting is being reexamined, the two artists use the codes of 17th century Dutch painting to portrait the powerful of this world, whether from the political, industrial or cultural spheres, in highly theatrical settings.
In very large formats, in colour, always posed, with a very pronounced chiaroscuro, their portraits are commissions. But much more clever than that, the artists manage to reverse the role of power in relation to these rich and influential men and women, by taking back control.