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From the Pyx Series, Full figure
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
From the Pyx Series, Portrait male unraveling
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
From the Pyx series, nude figure unraveling
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Flayed man in decorative frame
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Half Death
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Figures with nervous systems
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Flayed couple in a frame
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Adam & Eve with close ups
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Wound Man
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Adam & Eve with Snakes
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Defaced graveyard portraits
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Small Pox vessel
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Egyptian bowl
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Reliquary, Christ with an audience
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Adam and Eve in a Frame
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Flay in a Frame
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Death in a Frame
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
Adam & Eve series: Vessel #1
By Peter Olson
Located in New Orleans, LA
[lives & works – Philadelphia, PA ::: b. 1954]
Peter Olson is a Philadelphia-based photographer and ceramicist who creates pieces that chemically and conceptually fuse the two medi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain, Photographic Film
How was the Party?
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 includin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Feed
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 includin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil Pastel
$2,900
Hands on Hips
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Soaking it all in
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Take Me With You
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Overlapping
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Cardboard
Ode to Wyeth's Christina's World
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 3, 2APs
Large Size: 24 x 36 inches
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Two Pedestrians
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/7
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Courbet's The Sleepers
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the ongoing series by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien, entitled In Empathy We Trust....
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Wyeth's Christina's World
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
10.75 x 16 inches - Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the his...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rembrandt's Jewish Bride
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
31.5 x 36 inches - Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $525.
Shot in Amsterdam in 2013
Inspired by Rembrandt’s Jewish Bride, ca 1665
Photography and acting are kind...
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 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
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."
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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
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
