Nedko Solakov / Gilles Barbier — Mirrors / Les trous sont la partie manquante de l’histoire — Galerie Vallois, Paris, 2003

Original dual-exhibition vernissage card
Offset print on metallic gold-coated card stock
16 × 8 cm
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, 36 Rue de Seine, Paris
Exhibitions: 20 January – 1 March 2003; vernissage Saturday 18 January 2003, 18:00
Condition: very good; metallic surface now naturally dulled with light handling wear and minor age softening consistent with period exhibition material

Original period invitation issued for two simultaneous exhibitions at Galerie Vallois: Nedko Solakov’s Mirrors and Gilles Barbier’s Les trous sont la partie manquante de l’histoire, held January–March 2003.

The front reduces itself almost completely to a single handwritten word — Mirrors — positioned on metallic gold stock. Time has flattened the original sheen so that the support now reads less as luxury finish than as aged reflective surface. The title appears to have slowly migrated into its own material condition.

The reverse divides the gallery into two territories: Project Room and main space. Information, sponsorship, dates, and institutional structure are compressed into a portable printed unit.

A retained exhibition support from a moment when gallery communication still moved materially through the post.

Original period item. Shipping and handling included in listed price.