Abandoned buildings have been seen as places of opportunity for the French artist, Georges Rousse since the 1980’s. He combines his photography and painting skills to create art installations out of empty spaces. He chooses only fragments of the area to paint keeping in mind the whole time that the final result should be a geometrical photograph. By creating these installations in abandoned areas Rousse is able to give these places new life. He likes to think of these artworks as a part of his imaginary universe. His focus is to make artwork at a large scale that will compel viewers from a specific angle but still seem interesting from different perspectives. He still works on his art in places all around the world.

“The convergence of these spaces goes beyond a visual game: Like a hall of mirrors, enigmatic and dizzying, it questions the role of photography as a faithful reproduction of reality; it probes the distances between perception and reality, between imaginary and concrete.”  -Rousse

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