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Insects of Suriname 28 - Limited Edition 4 of 6 Photograph

Dominique Paul

Canada

Photography, Color on Paper

Size: 14.4 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

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This work was presented at Paris Photo 2017 and sold to the director of a Paris Museum for its private collection. Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag. Edition is 4 of 6 + 2 A.P. each print is carefully checked and signed by the artist. Print size is 20 inches highX 14,4 inches wide, + 1 inch border around. The artwork presents an hybrid figure combining a cutout of a woman and a man with similar skin tones. It is a photograph of a collage with different lighting being designed for each photograph. The print is on the highest quality Photo Rag paper which is a thick 100% cotton similar to watercolor/engraving paper : it evocates the aesthetic of the original botanical illustration. Dominique Paul plays with the representation of the body and explores its transformation. This notion of body transformation informs Paul’s fantastical invention of hybrid creatures. In her Insects of Suriname series, the lacy cutouts of bodybuilder’s flesh from magazines are buoyed by colorful consumer products. The surrealistic scenes share space with flora and insects illustrated by Maria S. Merian, a Baroque-­‐‑era naturalist documenting metamorphosis of insects. Taking the form of a botanical mandala, Paul strives to express a sense of urgency in the playing fields of our human-­‐‑ centric society that overuses the planet’s resources. In her Escapist series, an extremely hybrid human figure floats in a cosmic background as if she/he is preparing to find another planet to dwell on. Paul boldly envisions a future where the genetic code of living organisms is altered, and a strange new hierarchy among sentient beings emerges.

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Photography:Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:14.4 W x 20 H x 0.1 D in

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Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Dominique Paul shares her time between Quebec and New York. She had her second solo show in April-May 2017 in New York at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery the gallery will present her work in duo at Paris Photo Fair in November 2017. She also had her third residency in New York (see LINKS), thanks to the support of the Canada council for the arts. 2017 • Photograph magazine cover page : http://photographmag.com/issue/marchapril-2017/ • Playing Fields, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, New York 2014 • Kirschbaum, S. M., Must-see shows: Dominique Paul's Cool Wearable Sculptures, • New York Magazine On-line (NYMAG.com : The Cut), Jan 17 • Agustsson, S., Dominique Paul's "Unnatural Selections" at Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, Whitewall Magazine , Jan. 17 2013 • Oppenheim, C., This week in New York, LUMEN, Time Out New York , p. 34 • ARTslant, Hegert, N., A Surfeit of Space: the Francis J. Greenburger Collection, pp. 2-3 • San Francisco Arts and culture Quarterly, SFAQ Pick, Dec 2012 • Heller, V., Artists Find Inspiration in Governors Island's Past, The Huffington Post, NY, culture, July 13 • Heyman, M., New Spin on Summer White, The Wall Street Journal, August 7 Artistic influences : Cindy Sherman and Diana Thorneycroft were an influence early in my career, the first for transformation, and the second for its unusual way of lighting the scene. This led me to develop my own approach and techniques to transform myself with light. Lighting also plays an important role in my photo collage work. The human body is consistently an integral part of her practice. She is interested in the friction brought about by the changing technological environment we are constantly adapting to. In an era where we are overloaded with too much data and imagery she takes great care in spending a lot of time (often 2months) to build structures or to make a collage that lures the viewer into reflecting on current issues in a metaphorical and sometimes humorous way. Artist Statement: We live in a period of transformation, as the climate is changing we relate to others and get access to information increasingly via screens, our windows onto the world, which are altering our sense of reality. Paradoxically, we are genetically manipulating life forms as we are in a period of great extinction of species. The light emanating from the screens absorb our attention and we become only a silhouette in front of their light source.

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