{"product_id":"aurelien-mole-coast-to-coast","title":"Aurélien Mole - Coast to Coast","description":"\u003cp\u003eUsing expired Polaroid film, Aurélien Mole created a series of photographs featuring American cars, most of which date from the 1970s. Because the chemicals required to develop these images had partially evaporated, only a small portion of each Polaroid’s light-sensitive surface actually developed. Arranged according to the extent of the development process, this series of 63 images documents a journey across the United States—from Boston to San Francisco—undertaken by Aurélien Mole in 2005. The work also speaks to two bygone golden ages: that of the automobile and that of instant photography.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough interventions by the press operators during the printing of the cover, each copy is rendered unique and resonate to the various chemical alterations found in the Polaroids reproduced within the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An expired Polaroid is characterized by the drying out of the developer stored to the left of the image. While developing, this solution spreads across the light-sensitive surface to reveal the photograph. If there isn't enough, the image remains incomplete. In 2005, I bought a batch of discounted films after Polaroid went bankrupt in 2001. The photos are sorted according to their development state.” — Aurélien Mole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAurélien Mole (born 1975 in Tehran, Iran, lives and works in Paris) is a French artist, art critic and curator. After graduating of the Louvre school in History of Photography, he continued his studies at the National School of Photography in Arles and concluded it with a Master on exhibition practices directed by Catherine Perret and Christian Bernard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe has been showing his work in solo exhibitions at the Lucile Corty Gallery in 2009, in Marseille in 2011, at the Villa du Parc in 2012, at the Dohyang Lee gallery in 2014, and at Passerelle in 2015. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions in France and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an art critic, he regularly published reviews relating to the exhibition as well as monographs on contemporary artists (Aurélien Froment, Guillaume Leblon, Gaël Pollin, etc.) in the Art21 magazine. He has also produced exhibitions based on devices within the collective Le Bureau\/ (A Simple Plan, Maison Populaire de Montreuil, in 2009; The Bonnard'syndrom, Villa du Parc 2014) and in his own name (Images grow old otherwise as Those who Make them in 2012 at CNEAI, Véronique in 2019 with Julien Carreyn at Frac Poitou Charente, The Asides with Orange Rouge in 2023).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSince 2008, he has produced photographic documentation for numerous artists, institutions and galleries. Finally, he is one of the founding members of the magazine dedicated to exhibition views Postdocument. And has published several books including Artists as Iconographers with Garance Chabert (Empire) or Véronique designed by the artist My-Lan Hoang-Thuy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book comes in different covers (each one is unique), created by directly modifying the offset presses.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGraphic design: Syndicat\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNovember 2026\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e15.5 x 24 cm \u003cbr\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e128 pages (ill.)\u003cbr\u003eISBN : 978-2-488732-01-7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© Empire Books\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yvon Lambert Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59791115387228,"sku":null,"price":26.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0085\/4913\/8498\/files\/imgi_4_Coast-to-coast_SITE_Couv1_4ebc21b8-9f36-4ea9-b778-4e6d413e70fe.jpg?v=1794042194","url":"https:\/\/www.yvon-lambert.com\/products\/aurelien-mole-coast-to-coast","provider":"Yvon Lambert Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}