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When I arrived in New York I began collecting small objects found on the street. I did it as a way to adopt this new space and establish a dialogue with the city.This found objects resulted in series of work in printmaking. The printmaking process gives a life to something we are first unaware of. In this case it provides an extended impression of the city, traces become marks.
Patch-Work
“Patch-Work” is an installation of dry point etchings pinned and organized on the wall in relation with a given place. I directly used found nuts and bolts, washers, nails, screws as templates for the imagery on the plate. The objects are found on the ground of a city in continual state of demolition and construction. I used the prints to build a space reflecting the physical space we inhabit but also the mental space we have to built in order to belong. The piece “Patch-Work” is about Home, as in what defines where we live. I wanted to underline the relation from an exterior to an interior space which becomes a metaphor for our individual life.
The Beauty Salon
“The beauty Salon” is a series of 14 silkscreens. The imagery came from found objects related mostly to the body with an emphasis on hair (pins, comb, hair net…). This work is inspired by my daily commute in the subway where I was impressed by some hair style and women doing their make-up on the way to work. The oval silver frame is in direct relation to a mirror. The viewer is invited to face its own relation to beauty.
Invisible
Invisible is a series of 5 silkscreens. The imagery is based on found working gloves from the street. The work is about the working people we don’t see; the ones who are continuously working and often not acknowledged. The work “Invisible” is a way to make this workforce visible.
Hidden Monsters
“Hidden monsters” is a series of four woodcuts. The imagery emerged from plastic bags, an utilitarian object that also carries a meaning of consumption and pollution. What we see, how we see and how we are driven to see, are questions emerging from this series.
This work was made possible thanks to my residency at the Lower East Side Printshop, New York.
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