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Paul Cupido Art

Dutch, b. 1972
The photographic work of Paul Cupido (b. 1972, Terschelling, the Netherlands) revolves around the principle of mu: a philosophical concept that could be translated as ‘does not have’, but is equally open to countless interpretations. Mu can be considered a void, albeit one that holds potential. Cupido’s ongoing photographic and cinematic experiment ‘Searching for Mu’ is at once a personal and universal odyssey of our fleeting existence in relation to the profound emotional experiences of love, time, and death. Instead of presuming to be documents, his photographs point to transcendent reflections of the soul and of the intermingling of the microscopic and macroscopic. Artist Statement: I aim to engage with the world with wide-open senses. My work is about the magic moments of life as well as its inconveniences. I want to take pictures, while forgetting about the process of photography, until I’m saturated with an existential sense of life. Every step I take begins with the notion of ‘mono no aware’: the transience of everything, the gentle melancholy of things, being sensitive to ephemera.
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Artist: Paul Cupido
Hommage Celeste

Hommage Celeste

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival Pigments on Kozo Paper 29-1/2" x 19-1/2",frame 32-3/4" x 23" Edition 1 of 5

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Homage to Shoji, No. 9

Homage to Shoji, No. 9

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival Pigments on unwashed Kozo Paper 23 x 28 cm Edition 1 of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Reprise

Reprise

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Reprise, 2023 Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on handmade Kozo paper Image: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4", Frame: 15 1/8" x 12 1/4" Edition 3 of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Mt Fuji, 2023 Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image/Paper: 22" x 16-1/2", Framed: 27-3/4" x 21-3/4" Editi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Premiers Symptômes

Premiers Symptômes

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image: 11 3/4" x 8 3/4", Frame: 15 1/8" x 12 1/4" Edition 2 of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Azul, 2023

Azul, 2023

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on handmade Kozo paper Image/Sheet: 7-3/4" x 10-1/4", Frame: 11-1/4 x 13-3/4" AP 2

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sakura Bloom

Sakura Bloom

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Sakura Bloom, 2024 Signed, titled, dated and numbered in ink on artist label Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image/Paper: 11-3/4" x 7-3/4", Framed: 16-1/4" x 12" Edition 2 of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

An Island in the Moon I

An Island in the Moon I

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image: 23 5/8" x 16 3/4", Frame: 28 1/4" x 20 1/4" AP 3

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hanabi

Hanabi

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper 8 7/8 x 11 3/4 " 22.5 x 30 cm Edition 2 of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Haru, 2023

Haru, 2023

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigment print on Kozo Paper Image/Paper: 12" x 8" AP 1

Category

2010s Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Hommage to Kato I

Hommage to Kato I

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on tea infused Japanese Kozo paper Image: 17 1/2" x 11 3/4", Frame: 21" x 15" Edition 2 of 7

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Cap de Coeur

Cap de Coeur

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, numbered and dated in ink on photographers label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper Image/Sheet: 12" x 9" Edition of 10

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Embrace (Chloé)

Embrace (Chloé)

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigments on Kozo paper 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 " 26.67 x 20 cm AP2

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pink Tree, 2023

Pink Tree, 2023

By Paul Cupido

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Signed, titled, dated in ink on photographer's label. Archival pigment print on Kozo paper Image/Sheet: 12" x 18" Edition 4 of 7

Category

2010s Paul Cupido Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

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