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Carmen de Vos
Boxing Elena

2014

$2,131.87
£1,592.31
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CA$2,925.01
A$3,268.21
CHF 1,709.64
MX$40,078.72
NOK 21,845.90
SEK 20,715.70
DKK 13,703.05
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Boxing Elena (Odd Stories) - 2014 Published in Carmen De Vos's new book 'The Eyes of the Fox'. 80x60cm, edition of 5, Digital archival pigment print 
based on an original Polaroid
 on beautiful PHOTO RAG ® ULTRA SMOOTH paper
305gsm, 100% cotton by HAHNEMÜHLE
. Certificate, hand signed & numbered by the artist. Not mounted. Introducing: Odd Stories by Carmen De Vos! Carmen registers, portrays and thinks up odd stories. Almost without exception she uses old Polaroid camera’s, long time expired film and self-made filters. Her tools and methods – such as film bleaching and deliberate film obstruction – are not precise and are not even geared towards a perfect representation. They often yield results – such as colorization, deformation, unsharpness – which she could never have predicted on forehand with any certainty, because their flaws do not allow for calculation. She’s not in control. She fights the material. She plans and directs but the decayed chemistry and off-focus lenses add their magic. All by themselves. Which surprises her. Or ruins her image. This battle attracts her as much as it frustrates her. She loves to create within these limitations, to try to produce the best possible image within the narrow circumstances given. Luckily, she’s a sucker for imperfections.

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