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Medium: Plastic
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett was one of the first to join Eileen Ford’s ground-breaking model ...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper
Palm Bay Club, Estate Edition Photograph: 1950s Ski in New Hampshire
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two female skiers outside the Carroll Reed Ski Service Shop and Check Room in New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black and White Photog...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
French Polo Crowd
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950.
Slim Aarons
French Polo Crowd
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Bad Luck Gloria
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 - 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress Oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday, sits proudly wi...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
September Affair
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2013) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direction from William Dieterle (1893 - 1972), while filming, 'September Affair...
Category
1940s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett was one of the first to join Eileen Ford’s ground-breaking mode...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Digital, Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White
NY Apartments
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A block of apartments on Park Lane in New York. The building is stepped so that the design includes balconies for flats on each floor.
Slim Aarons
NY Apartments
Black and White Phot...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certific...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Digital, Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White
French Polo Crowd
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A group of spectators at a polo match, France, circa 1950.
Slim Aarons
French Polo Crowd
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaro...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Slim Aarons
NY Lights
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Digital, Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White
The Carlton Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons E...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certific...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow
Black and Whit...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Clouds 7
Located in Miami, FL
Archival photo print under acrylic glass.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in.
Depth: 1/4 in.
Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada.
His lifelong interest in cutti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Plexiglass
Beachscape 03 - landscape photography
By Igal Pardo
Located in New York, NY
This art work is a photo of the Tel Aviv beach taken by Pardo and then manipulated to make it look as a surreal beach.
The people were there, playing, surfing, lying down. Pardo just...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Slim Aarons
NY Lights
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow
Black and Whit...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young skier prefers to carry his skis down the slope in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the ...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and s...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Venetian Play
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) directing Othello on location in Venice.
Slim Aarons
Venetian Play
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward In Gustave Tassell
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Model Gretchen Van de Kamp Ward wearing a dinner dress by Gustave Tassell, Beverly Hills, 1960. The bodice is made of white silk faille and the skirt i...
Category
1960s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Es...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Black and White, Digital, Photogram, Photographic Paper, ABS
Eden Hartford
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Actress Eden Hartford, sister to Dee, in the Hollywood home she shared with her husband, comedian Groucho Marx.
Slim Aarons
Eden Hartford
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Est...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Holiday Hair Check
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda, 1958. She is wearing a striped Irish linen overblouse by Donald Davies of Dublin.
Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital
Luxury Dining
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Diners in a grand ballroom during a fashion show, circa 1955.
Slim Aarons
Luxury Dining
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aaron...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
The Carlton Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons E...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Jamaica Sea Sailing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two men sailing their yacht 'Eel II' in Jamaica.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Cert...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Holiday Hair Check
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda, 1958. She is wearing a striped Irish linen overblouse by Donald Davies of Dublin.
Slim Aarons
Holiday Hair Check...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
NY Lights
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A set of traffic lights on Park Avenue in New York City.
Slim Aarons
NY Lights
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate....
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
The Carlton Hotel
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Cadillac with Florida plates parked outside the Carlton Hotel, Cannes, France, circa 1955.
The Carlton Hotel
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons E...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Palm Bay Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965
Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Num...
Category
1960s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Taylor, Todd And Family
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contact strip depicting British-born American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011) at an airfield, (possibly Croydon Airport, London) with her third husband, American producer Mi...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Las Vegas Luxury
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim ...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fashion model Liz Pringle drinking from a coconut at the Round Hill resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica.
Slim Aarons
Liz Pringle Refreshments in Jamaica
Black and White Photography
Slim Aa...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Bad Luck Gloria
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American actor Jose Ferrer (1912 - 1992) commiserates with Gloria Swanson after losing out in the contest for the Best Actress Oscar, while the winner, Judy Holliday, sits proudly wi...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Spring Break
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Nu...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Seaplane At Palm Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Seaplane At Palm Beach...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A skier carrying his boots in New Hampshire, 1955.
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped b...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Inga Lindgren And Poodles
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen, wears designs by Vera Stewart with her standard poodles Aja...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Eton Vs Harrow
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A view of spectators on the pitch at a cricket match between the public schools of Eton and Harrow at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, 1955.
Slim Aarons
Eton Vs Harrow
Black and Whit...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two women recline on improvised sunbeds at the Cranmore Mountain Resort, North Conway, New Hampshire, 1955.
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black an...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Pulitzer On The Beach
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida.
Slim Aarons
Pulitzer On The Beach
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Renaissance - Revival 18
Located in Miami, FL
Archival photo print under acrylic glass.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in.
Depth: 1/4 in.
Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada.
His lifelong interest in cutting-edge media technology as well as his expertise in photography cast him as pioneer in digital art and allow him to develop virtual matrix from which he extracts his images.
In his works he explores a universe that lies at the crossroad of abstraction and the figurative, inviting the viewer to determine if what he sees is a reflection of reality or imagination.
Through is truly unique approach RIOUX is one of the most innovative artists in digital creations and one of the few creative minds able to blend with such keenness aesthetics research and critical distance.
Whether they translate into a Dantesque urbanity or the infinite horizon of a turquoise ocean, the urban territory reflected by his creations offers a dystopian view of the world, challenging our attitude towards the environment and the future.
From the onset, RIOUX has no intention of matching IRL expectations of what digital art 'should' look like, but strives to play with our notions of what's real, what's not, how we remember, and how we infer meaning into imaginary visual constructs.
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RIOUX started the Renaissance project in 2016.
Renaissance further develops themes explored by RIOUX in his earlier series Turquoise Default. It is not merely a progression however, but also a contrast. This new series poses questions about hope, which is perhaps now more relevant than ever.
“Renaissance invokes in us a sense of uncertainty and a self-awareness of our limits, of an infinity made apparent by the horizon line, the vanishing point, the moment in any spatial or temporal projection beyond which we can no longer see, but from which, nonetheless, we know the universe carries on. At the same time it poses a choice to us: do we accept the openness of abstraction or do we insist on imposing a (false) certainty of representation in what we see in these images. Hope is a faith made possible by uncertainty and the unknown, by an understanding that history and the future are creative acts, works of art in which we all participate.” Neal Rockwell
There are 18 pieces in the RENAISSANCE collection.
Each archival pigment print is produced under the supervision of the artist.
The print is mounted under a single piece of 1/4"/ 6 mm gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
"Palazzo Veneziano", photography by Dimitri Bourriau (39x59), 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Palazzo Veneziano", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15.
Dimitri Bourriau is a French p...
Category
2010s Photorealist Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color
"Skull SKRT-LED Transparent" Photography 50"D Edition 3/8 by Giuliano Bekor
Located in Culver City, CA
"SKGT-LED Transparent" Photography 50"D Edition 3/8 by Giuliano Bekor
From the SKULL series
Title: Skull SKRT-LED Transparent
Year: 2018
Print size: 48 Inches diameter trim bleed
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Paper, Lenticular
"Flying Carousel, photography by Dimitri Bourriau (39x59), 2023
Located in Paris, France
"Flying Carousel", photography by Dimitri Bourriau. Print mounted on aluminum with plexiglas, framed. Edition of 15.
Dimitri Bourriau is a French pho...
Category
2010s Photorealist Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Color
New England Skiing
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons
New England Skiing
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate.
Certificate of...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Las Vegas Luxury, Estate Edition
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Austrian actress Mara Lane enjoys waiter service in the pool at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, 1954.
Slim Aarons
Spring Break
Black and White Photography
Sli...
Category
1950s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram
Palm Bay Club
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A young woman at the Palm Bay Club, Miami, Florida, USA, circa 1965
Slim Aarons
Palm Bay Club
Black and White Photography
Slim Aarons Estate Edition
Num...
Category
1960s American Realist Plastic Photography
Materials
Black and White, Digital, Photogram, Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS
Invacuo Project #21. B&W Portrait inspired by the Gezi Park resistance movement
By Koray Erkaya
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Invacuo Project #21, 2016 by Koray Erkaya
From the series of Invacuo Project
Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre Duo 210
Image size: 16 in. H x 24 in. W (40 cm H x 60 cm W)
Edition of 10
Work is also available framed at an additional cost.
All sizes signed, titled, dated, and numbered on artist label verso
All Prices are quoted as "initial price". Please note that prices and availability may change due to current sales.
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JAZZ AND GAS
Joyful humour characteristic of the pro-democracy environmentalist Gezi Park protests in June 2013. People of all ages, students, writers, artists, actors, musicians, LGBT activists, Anti-Capitalist Muslims, Marxists, Anarchists, Kurdish and Turkish nationalists were peacefully together in the heart of modern Istanbul: Taksim Square. Then the police attacked with tear gas and their usual equipment. But if they use uneven brutal force, then we use uneven intelligence and creativity: “We are fair: Their gas is fresh air.” Such sarcastic slogans multiplied echoing the positive, hopeful, unyielding and determined character of the our jazz like plural harmony.
If Sultanahmet Square is the heart of Classical Istanbul with its Byzantine and Ottoman heritage, Taksim Square represents the modern city: the central statue representing the national liberation war and the formation of the Turkish Republic, Gezi Park, Ataturk Cultural Centre, big hotels, and the historic Istiklal (Independence) Street. Eyes shed tears not only because we laughed due to high quality satirical slogans but also because of the harmful gas and the deaths of several youngsters. Numerous citizens lost an eye or arm. Thanks to international media coverage, the inspiring Gezi Park resistance (or “June Movement”) in Turkey drew attention all over the world -while the pro-government media kept silent. Whether on purpose or not, tear gas –and its canisters at close range- took several lives. Don’t let anybody fool you: Tear gas may kill. And it did. Though “as a nation” we had been used to gas in previous demonstrations, one point was unique: The whole city was gassed. Babies, old people and citizens with asthma suffered in their homes. Before the police attack, maybe most of the young protesters were “merely” environmentalists without a major political orientation. Tear gas brutality transformed most of them into political activists. Since that June, our lungs, souls and future have been full of that gas. Tear gas has been used not only in Turkey but in many other countries as well –since the 1990s. We tend to think that “Every soul shall taste it,” –sounding like a statement from a holy book. The situation is unacceptable: A child on the way to get bread for breakfast may die –in fact be killed by the police using tear gas without proper concern and care. Tear gas is a chemical weapon. It’s vital to comprehend that. The marketing is well-phrased but misleading: “Made from fruit and vegetables, wholly organic.” But when it is used at close range, its metal canister becomes a bullet. Fifty years ago, in late 1960s, 90 countries signed a petition against the usage of tear gas. Our country signed the 1997 Convention on Chemical Weapons, which states that tear gas is considered to be a chemical weapon when it is used in closed places, at close range or in a crowd. Despite this, it has been used time and again in Brasil, Chile,
Egypt, Germany, Gaza, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Panama, the Philippines, South Korea, UK, USA, and Vietnam. The Association of Turkish Medical Doctors and the Initiative Against Tear Gas have been working and reacting diligently on this issue. “But the label says it’s harmless,” say some. But the firms that produce gas bombs put labels according to the demands of governments. Are you Shocked? Global trade has priority over humanitarian concern. But why this introduction? Don’t we all know all these things? We certainly do, but the “agenda” changes so fast that our knowledge does not find time to unite with our action in order to change the ongoing chain of events. Enter arts. With the mission of contributing to collective memory, Artist Koray Erkaya creatively documents experience. In his new photographic art series, Erkaya revolts against individual and social de-sensitivisation. In order to address the memory and to increase awareness, he uses “gas” against everyone –without discrimination. He tests his models with gas in the specifically prepared labyrinth made of mirrors. But of course, the gas he uses is not one of the types of tear gas labeled OC, CS or CN. In any case, the violence the people suffer is not limited to the content of the gas. When he started his voyage to display the violence, loneliness, nakedness, helplessness, spiritual and physical isolation of women, children, gays, transsexuals -all the humiliated people under some form of gas, Erkaya began working with models from various nations in Istanbul. Now he is on his way to show that this issue is a problem for all who live on the same planet. When we see ourselves in the eyes of the models in the mirrors...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Metal
Renaissance - Revival 14
Located in Miami, FL
Archival photo print under acrylic glass.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in.
Depth: 1/4 in.
Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada.
His lifelong interest in cutti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
Renaissance - Revival 16
Located in Miami, FL
Archival photo print under acrylic glass.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in.
Depth: 1/4 in.
Artist and photographer Paul-Émile Rioux lives in Montréal, Canada.
His lifelong interest in cutting-edge media technology as well as his expertise in photography cast him as pioneer in digital art and allow him to develop virtual matrix from which he extracts his images.
In his works he explores a universe that lies at the crossroad of abstraction and the figurative, inviting the viewer to determine if what he sees is a reflection of reality or imagination.
Through is truly unique approach RIOUX is one of the most innovative artists in digital creations and one of the few creative minds able to blend with such keenness aesthetics research and critical distance.
Whether they translate into a Dantesque urbanity or the infinite horizon of a turquoise ocean, the urban territory reflected by his creations offers a dystopian view of the world, challenging our attitude towards the environment and the future.
From the onset, RIOUX has no intention of matching IRL expectations of what digital art 'should' look like, but strives to play with our notions of what's real, what's not, how we remember, and how we infer meaning into imaginary visual constructs.
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RIOUX started the Renaissance project in 2016.
Renaissance further develops themes explored by RIOUX in his earlier series Turquoise Default. It is not merely a progression however, but also a contrast. This new series poses questions about hope, which is perhaps now more relevant than ever.
“Renaissance invokes in us a sense of uncertainty and a self-awareness of our limits, of an infinity made apparent by the horizon line, the vanishing point, the moment in any spatial or temporal projection beyond which we can no longer see, but from which, nonetheless, we know the universe carries on. At the same time it poses a choice to us: do we accept the openness of abstraction or do we insist on imposing a (false) certainty of representation in what we see in these images. Hope is a faith made possible by uncertainty and the unknown, by an understanding that history and the future are creative acts, works of art in which we all participate.” Neal Rockwell
There are 18 pieces in the RENAISSANCE collection.
Each archival pigment print is produced under the supervision of the artist.
The print is mounted under a single piece of 1/4"/ 6 mm gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Plastic Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Archival Pigment
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