Louis
Frehring

UP . 30.10.2026

Soustractions

2026
Series of 12 photographs, inkjet prints mounted on Dibond, painted and varnished cardboard frames, 29.3 × 20.3 cm

Soustractions is a series that consists of images calculated from a photograph and a copy of it generated by an artificial intelligence algorithm. By bringing these supposedly identical images together, the series shows neither the originals nor their duplicate, but what separates them: differences that reveals residual forms and textures. These differences may contain something that escapes computer-generated images: an intention, a gesture, perhaps even what Walter Benjamin called the aura…

Crépuscule (93,33 %)
Ombres (90,98 %)
Oiseau (84,18 %)
Éclairage public (85,23 %)
Rauchegg (93,59 %)
Rivage (91,11 %)
Nîmes, Pont du Gard (81,83 %)
Roses Synthétiques (85,49 %)
Train (89,90 %)
Prunus (82,48 %)
Tulipes, vase, désordre (79,22 %)
Saint-Gobain Sekurit (79,22 %)

View of the solo exhibition Perception! Doubt. Theory(ies)?, Paul-Émile Victor School, Ercé-près-Liffré, 2026.