It's been over 40 years since the rise of Cinéma du Look, a French film movement from the 80's associated with directors like Leo Carax, Luc Besson, and Jean-Jacques Beineix. Focused on spectacle and irreverence, these films were often accused of choosing style over substance. Instead, they revealed the possibility for style to be substance in its own right. Cinema Du Look went on to permeate the culture, influencing visual culture well beyond film. Decades later, Rajiv Menon Contemporary presents LOOK, an exploration of how an aesthetic movement from one time and place can be reimagined in others. The young artists in LOOK explore questions of style, fantasy, and a heightened sense of atmosphere, but also reveal profound emotional truths. These artists speak to the legacy of cinema du look by seeing style and decadence as a vehicle to explore deeper questions of alienation and pleasure. 

Summer-Winter Chairs by soft-geometry in hand-stitched layers of Organza and Linen

Featured Artists:

Ammama Malik              Arjuna Gunarathne        Asad Ali Qulander

Bhasha Chakrabarti      Ekta Aggarwal                   Irum Rahat

Maithili Chaturvedi        Maya Seas                          Paree Rohera

Sajeela Siddiq                 Shamir Iqtidar                  Shrimanti Saha

Sid Pattini                          Soft Geometry                  Zeehan Wazed