Space Project, by Vincent Fournier

Landing at the London Art Fair for a four-day stint this month, French-born, Brussels-based photographer Vincent Fournier’s ‘Space Project’ tackles the unknown world of space exploration
head on.
A regular Wallpaper* contributer over the years, Fournier has spent the past decade and a half gaining access to some of the most controlled environments on earth - including government stations and training grounds - in an effort to expose the visual gems which can be found in these unforgiving landscapes.
Playing on the stylised notion of a sci-fi utopia, Fournier’s otherworldly photographs of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah and the Atacama Desert Observatories in Chile – alongside a series of surprisingly stringy trainee astronauts - offer an alternative view of the world, unseen by many and known by few.
Represented in the UK by London’s Steps Gallery, Fournier’s London Art Fair stand has been designed to mirror the dislocation of his photographic project. Cast in clinical white plastic and accessed through a lifesize recreation of the Hangar doors found in many of his works - the stand looks set to prove as much of an attraction as the photographs themselves.
Ariane 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Ariane 3
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Ariane 5
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Anechoic Chamber
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Apollo
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Bure
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Caussol
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Mauna Kea 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
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Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
MDRS 1
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
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Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
MDRS 2
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
MDRS 3
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
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Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
MDRS 5
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
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Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Moon Valley
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Alma
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
TS17 Chair
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Soyouz
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Space-Gloves
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Boris
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Vostok
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
I.S.S
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
Chinese Rocket
Vincent Fournier is represented in the UK by The Steps Gallery at London Art Fair
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