© Tim Mantoani
William Wegman, an American artist often classified as conceptual, rose to fame in the 1970s photographing, painting, drawing, and filming his dog named Man Ray, a Weimaraner. From then on, photography took a predominant place for him through countless portraits and sketches, where the animal became his model and his loyal collaborator. A disruptive force, both obsessive and eccentric, William Wegman adorns the walls of museums around the world with quirky humour. His work invites a reflection on our social mores and the foundations of art with an apparent levity: a touch of reflection served with a ladle of absurdity.