Cécile Poimbœuf-Koizumi & Stephen Ellcock - Clin d'œil

An unexpected collection of over 100 images spanning time and the history of representation, Clin d’œil brings together nearly every variation of that precious organ that allows us to see, to look, to discover — or simply to observe.

Following Jeux de mains, the first collaboration between Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi — publisher, curator and co-founder of Chose Commune — and Stephen Ellcock —  curator, writer, researcher, and online collector of images — this second volume focuses on the motif of the eye in art. Present across all cultures and eras, the eye fascinates with its rich symbolism: spiritual, political, intimate, or mysterious. From Antiquity to contemporary art, over a hundred images, selected intuitively and without chronological order, form this visual constellation. This book celebrates the diversity of artistic perspectives on this small organ that has, over time, become a powerful universal symbol.

List of artists:

AKOTO Kwame — ALIX-TABELING Nils — ALFTAN Henni  — ÁLVAREZ BRAVO LOLA — BALLEN Roger — BAYER Herbert — BLUM Caroline — BOURGEOIS Louise  — BUER Peter & SUNG Phoebe  — BRETON Anne — BURNAT-PROVINS Marguerite — CALIA Philippe — CARPENTER Zara — CHAGALL Marc — PAINTER Phineus — COCTEAU Jean — CONDO George — DAVENPORT Penny  — DEEN Georganne — DILG John — DILNOT Joseph — DUPREZ Alexandra — EDMONDS D. — ELETA Sandra — ELLISON Scott Daniel — ESKUBI Joseba — FACCHETTI Paul — FERRARI Francesco — FRIEDLANDER Lee — GALLAGHER Ellen — GHIRRI Luigi — GREENE MALBONE Edward — GRASSO Laurent — GULBRAN Karin — GUSTON Philip — HATAVALD Zori — HOCH Hannah — HORNA Kati — HILLIER Dan — HIRAI Terushichi —JUNG Dora — KAWAUCHI Rinko — KIFF Ken — KITAI Kazuo — KLEE Paul — KLOTZ Fiona Morley — KNOPF Solange — KODOMARI Ryo — LANE Abigail — LEE Eunsae  —LEPPÄLÄ Anni — LERNER Nathan — LEVITT Talia — LINS Pam — LITOWITZ Laurie — LÓPEZ Ana — MACK Rhea — MAFTAH Mostafa — MAGRITTE René — MAN RAY  — MCNAMEE-TWEED Kevin — MEDKOVÁ Emila — MERCHANT Rithika — MIRÓ Joan — MOORE Henry — MORLEY Fiona — MUNCH Edvard — M’QUIN Ange Denis — PAINTER Phineus — PARANT Jean-Luc  — PARRY Roger — PARTINGTON Claire —  PAVLIS Preston —PROUDFOOT Paloma — RAMA Carol — REDON Odilon — R&F MO — RIELLY James  — RINDAL Madoka — ROCHAS-PÀRIS Lia — RONQUILLO Fatima  — ROTHENBERG Susan — SALMĀN Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd b. Aḥmad ʿĪsā — SCHOENENBERG Arnold — SIGURÐARDÓTTIR Valgerður — SMITH Kiki — STIEGLITZ Alfred — STOJKA Ceija —  T.D. MONOGRAMISTA (Dezider Tóth) — TURMINA Paula — TYSON Nicola — UEMATSU Keiji — UEKI Noboru — VAN MAANEN Gregory — VAN MEURS Jacob — VIEIRA DA SILVA Maria-Helena — WEBB Alex — WEEGEE — WRIGHT Thomas — YAMAJI Naoharu  — YEHEZKELLI Shai — YOGANANTHAN Vasantha — ZGIERSKA Marta & SAREŁO Mateusz

This publication was made possible with the support of the Antoine de Galbert Foundation

First edition
Concept and editorial direction: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi
Curation: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi and Stephen Ellcock
Design: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi, in collaboration with Perrine Serre

192 pages
110 plates
15 x 20 cm
English / French
November 2025
ISBN: 979-10-96383-54-2

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