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I Quietly Observe Standing in my Space (right side)
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
I Quietly Observe Standing in my Space (left side)
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Crown
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Amicable
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper, Watercolor
Head Over Hand
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
Lemon Boy and Cowboy
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
My Caliginous Heart
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
My Caliginous Heart
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Amicable
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Amicable
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Digging Your Scene
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Digging Your Scene
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blooming Man
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blooming Man
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hold Your Ground
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Hold Your Ground
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Individualistic
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Individualistic
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Just Hanging
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Just Hanging
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alive in the Dark
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Alive in the Dark
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Smoking Kills
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Smoking Kills
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In The Air
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
In The Air
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Loyalty
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Loyalty
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Together
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Together
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heavy Weight
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Heavy Weight
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with painting and sketching since grade school. As a photographer, he has worked in a myriad of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ride
By Amanda Brown
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amanda Joy Brown is a visual artist and educator based in Nashville, TN. Brown earned her MFA in the painting program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. During her time there...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$7,000
Over Land And Sea
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
An Apple A Day
By Tony Dagradi
Located in New Orleans, LA
TONY DAGRADI is an internationally recognized jazz performer, artist, composer, author, and educator. For over three decades he has made his home in New Orleans, performing on tenor ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Found Objects
Locked & Loaded
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Found Objects, Wood, Mixed Media
Open Carry
By Kat Flyn
Located in New Orleans, LA
KAT FLYN is a self-taught assemblage artist working presently out of San Diego. She began her career as a costume designer in Southern California. Over the years she amassed a trove of artifacts and collectables which she began using to create assemblage art in the 1990’s. In 2000 she sold her business and moved to Cuyamaca, a remote community in the mountains outside of San Diego to devote herself exclusively to her artwork. In 2003 her work was interrupted when the Cedar Fire swept through San Diego county and destroyed the forest, her home & studio along with almost all of her collections and works of art. Following the fire she relocated to San Francisco, where she spent a decade concentrating on her art in her studio in SOMA and exhibiting at galleries in the Bay Area. In 2015 she returned to San Diego and now works out of her studio in La Jolla, exhibiting there and in Los Angeles.
Kat Flyn refers to herself as an Assemblage Sculptor and her works as Political Art or Protest Art. She separates herself from other assemblage artists in that she only employs “saved” as opposed to “found” objects in her work; and her pieces always have a political or cultural narrative to them rather than being surreal or abstract. She also constructs or refashions many of the pieces which she uses in her art, for example she turns a soft drink box...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures
Materials
Wood, Found Objects, Mixed Media
$2,900
Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Edvard Munch's "The Scream", 1893
Edition 1 of 3 with 2APs
“Ode to Munch’s ‘The Scream’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece represents the silent pain of gender dysphoria constantly experienced by non-binary people as they traverse a binary world that would rather ignore their existence entirely.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Edvard Munch's "The Scream", 1893
Edition 1 of 7 and 2APs
“Ode to Munch’s ‘The Scream’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece represents the silent pain of gender dysphoria constantly experienced by non-binary people as they traverse a binary world that would rather ignore their existence entirely.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
“Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937
Edition 2 of 7 with 2 APs
“Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 artist Elizabeth Kleinveld as the photographer and artist Dora Maar. Kleinveld was drawn to this particular image of Maar while grieving the death of her father in 2021; she was captivated by the sadness that seems to ooze from the canvas, how the sitter’s melancholia is obscured by the playful color contrast. For E2’s remake, artist E.Paul Julien painted directly over the photographic print of Kleinveld, emphasizing the masking of grief.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien seek to remake images from art history to reflect their own experience of the contemporary world. Tackling icons from the great masters like Botticelli, Manet, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck, they recast instantly familiar images in a distinctly modern manner, breaking them free from centuries of historical context and placing them firmly in the present.
Kleinveld and Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ain’t them yo earrings ?
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hammercy
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Git somewhere and siddown
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Before the circle was broken
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
River Rise
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
shotgun
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"they had a good policy"
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Broken sister circle
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Easter rock
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ms Scott's Boys
Located in New Orleans, LA
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Brandon V. Lewis is the product of a single mothers love and dedication and the beneficiary of the hard work and strong convictions of his grandpa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ode to Van Gogh's 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe", 1889
Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
"Ode to Van Gogh’s 'Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe’” is a self-portrait of e2 artist E.Paul Julien as the tortured artist. This piece was inspired by Julien’s own struggles with mental health issues during isolation during pandemic lockdown, as he found himself in a place where he could relate to the fragile mindset that Van Gogh experienced through most of his life.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien seek to remake images from art history to reflect their own experience of the contemporary world. Tackling icons from the great masters like Botticelli, Manet, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck, they recast instantly familiar images in a distinctly modern manner, breaking them free from centuries of historical context and placing them firmly in the present.
Kleinveld and Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Munch's 'The Scream'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Edvard Munch's "The Scream", 1893
Edition 1 of 5 with 2APs
“Ode to Munch’s ‘The Scream’” depicts a non-binary subject trapped in an infinite scream against a New Orleans backdrop. This piece represents the silent pain of gender dysphoria constantly experienced by non-binary people as they traverse a binary world that would rather ignore their existence entirely.
The artists say of their work...
"Everything Changes, the latest phase of our ongoing series In Empathy We Trust, presents odes to iconic images from the Modern and Contemporary art periods. Our artistic process during Everything Changes was heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic and the inescapable upheaval brought about by this once-in-a-lifetime event. This major societal shift alongside ongoing social unrest compelled us to further explore the distorted realities permeating American culture and, consequently, veiling oppression of marginalized communities. With lockdown restrictions disrupting our usual process of gathering for photoshoots, we also began playing with new approaches for our work. As a result, our latest iteration marks a new technique exploration, with completely over-painting atop of select prints, adding an additional layer of distortion to an already-altered reality.
The title for this show takes inspiration from one of our favorite Frida Kahlo quotes: “Nothing is absolute. Everything changes, everything moves, everything revolves, everything flies and goes away.” The pandemic fostered a collective understanding of just how malleable and fragile our reality is. Our perceptions, our personal routines, and our culture as a whole – these realities are never guaranteed stasis, and the only way to move forward is to evolve, both as artists and individuals. The pieces in this show invite viewers to embrace the inevitability of change and the natural discomfort of re-examining their expectations of how a work of art – and by extension, a culture – should look.
The process of creating an e2 image has always involved intense collaboration, and the images here would not be possible without stellar teamwork. We would especially like to thank Cameron Wood for his extensive digital post-production and our wonderful models."
⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien seek to remake images from art history to reflect their own experience of the contemporary world. Tackling icons from the great masters like Botticelli, Manet, Rembrandt, and Van Eyck, they recast instantly familiar images in a distinctly modern manner, breaking them free from centuries of historical context and placing them firmly in the present.
Kleinveld and Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Picasso's 'Portrait of Dora Maar'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Pablo Picasso's "Portrait of Dora Maar", 1937
Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
“Ode to Picasso’s 'Dora Maar’' is a self-portrait of E2 arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 12.5 - Edition 2 of 7 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the history of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
36 x 30 inches - Edition AP2 of 3 with 2 APs
Framing is an additional $525
Shot in 2012 in Amsterdam
Inspired by Vermeer’s The Girl with a Pearl Earring...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
32 x 36 inches - Edition 3 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $525.
Shot in New Orleans in 2014
Inspired by Whistler’s Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1,
also known as Po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Fragonard's The Bolt
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
12 x 16 inches - Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
Available framing $265.
Shot in Amsterdam in 2013
Inspired by Fragonard’s the Bolt, 1778
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Vermeer's Woman with a Pearl Necklace
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 13 inches - Edition 4 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien)....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rigaud's Louis XIV
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
36 x 25 inches - Edition 3 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $525.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien)....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
