Online Group Exhibition - "The World Laughs” February 2021
Analog Forever Magazine is pleased to showcase 18 images in this month’s online exhibition, entitled “The World Laughs.” Curated by the owner and director of Catherine Couturier Gallery, Catherine Couturier, these photographs prove that we don’t have to take the art world seriously and can ignore often painfully dreary art dealers to find humor in the world we live in, all through photography! The photographs selected all point out the absurdities of life: from slapstick to whimsy to irony, all forms of humor are represented in the below selection.
The curator, Catherine Couturier, had this to say: The photographs I chose to include in this exhibition made me happy. Some were just happy photographs in general, like the smiling woman in the rose dress or the emoji balloon in the tree. Some took me back to a charming time in my own life, like the scene with the army men and the toothpaste, and some had to maybe be explained to others:
Andre, my 14-year-old: “Mom. It's just a lady with bread. I don't get what's funny.”
Me, to said 14-year-old: “Boobs, Honey. The bread looks like boobs.”
I couldn't pick just one favorite, so I asked for special permission to bestow honors on three.
"Cat is Dog": The charm and understated humor in this photograph cannot be overstated.
“Now my life will change for the better…”: If anything screams out "joie de vivre," it's these happy hippies out in the forest charging their crystals.
“Rooster with Bone”: Look. I don't have any idea what's going on here either.
I hope everyone enjoys the selections as much as I enjoyed selecting them. Keep your heads up, my friends: the world is a wonderfully funny place.
~ Catherine Couturier
Gallery
About the Curator
Catherine Couturier is the owner and director of Catherine Couturier Gallery. Upon its inception, the gallery quickly evolved into the premier photography gallery in Houston and sits at the center of Gallery Row. Couturier reviews portfolios for organizations and festivals such as Photo Nola, Texas Photographic Society, and FotoFest, is a juror for Critical Mass, serves on the advisory council of Houston Center for Photography, and give lectures to artists and collectors alike on a myriad of subjects related to the field of fine art photography.
The gallery has been a member of AIPAD (Association of Photography Art Dealers) since 1998, the most prestigious institute of its kind in the world. Catherine Couturier Gallery specializes in classic 20th-century photography and contemporary work of the highest quality and also sells a wide range of rare and vintage books and publications by many of today's best-known contemporary artists. The Catherine Couturier Gallery is committed to excellence with a dedication to the medium in all its forms, with the goal to showcase the best fine art photography available.
Connect with Catherine Couturier on her Website and Instagram!