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Ode to Metsys' Moneylenders
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 16 - Edition 5 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Shot in 2013 in Amsterdam
Inspired by Metsys’ Moneylenders, 1514
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative 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 3 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 Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
12 x 16 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
Shot in 2011 in New Orleans and Amsterdam
Inspired by Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1863
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien). Their current photographic project, In Empathy We Trust, presents viewers with re-imagined iconic images from the history of art. The collaborators re-envisioned the work of old master painters beginning with the Flemish Primitives and spanning nearly 600 years.
With subjects enacting roles with varied representations of race, age, and sexual orientation, e2 “remakes with a twist” works by artists such as van Eyck, Rafael, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Fragonard, and Manet. Inspired by the original paintings, e2 hopes to “jar viewers” into questioning their own perceptions. They invite viewers to see these images, and indeed the world anew, using humor, wit and playfulness. In addition they hope that the viewers will see how stereotypes can lead to prejudice and discrimination.
The collaboration began in 2010, after completing work on the traveling exhibition and book project Before (During) After: Louisiana Photographers Respond to Hurricane Katrina. This natural and man-made disaster brought social inequities in Louisiana into vivid focus. Conversations between Kleinveld and Julien revealed their mutual interest in issues of social justice.
Accompanying e2’s series is its own coat of arms, bringing new meaning to the traditional symbol of the aristocracy. Heralded with pelicans and a fleur de lis, the shield reflects the artists’ Louisiana roots. It also features their motto: In Empathy We Trust, which reflects the core values of e2’s work. The artists believe in the power of empathy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Frida Kahlo's The Broken Column
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition sizes:
36 x 27 inches - Edition of 3 with 2 APs
24 x 18 inches - Edition of 5 with 2 APs
16 x 12 inches - Edition of 7 with 2 APs
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY proudly presents T...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Courbet's The Sleepers
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
Available framing $420.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the ongoing series by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien, entitled In Empathy We Trust. The pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Faith Ringgold's Café des Artistes
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
Additional framing $525
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the ongoing series by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien, entitled In Empathy We Trust. The pro...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to de la Tour's The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
13 x 16 inches - Edition 4 of 7 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the histor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Whistler's Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
21 x 24 inches - Edition 5 of 5 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $420.
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 Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkey
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 12 inches - 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 histor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Suvée's The Invention of the Art of Drawing
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
Large Size: 36 x 17.25 inches
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
27 x 36 inches - Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $790.
Shot in 2011 in New Orleans and Amsterdam
Inspired by Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1863
Ph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Frida Kahlo's Self-Portrait with Monkey
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 18 inches - Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the histor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 3 with 2 APs
Available framing $750
Shot in 2016 in New Orleans, background illustrated by Marco Ventura
Inspired by Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing the Delaware...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Grant Wood's American Gothic
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3, 2APs
Large Size: 36 x 31.25 inches
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to de la Tour's Penitent Magdalen
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 11 inches - Edition 2 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Shot in 2012 in New Orleans
Inspired by Georges de la Tour’s Penitent Magdalen, 1638-43
Photography and a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Gheeraerts' Portrait of Elizabeth I
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
Large Size: 36 x 23 inches
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rockwell's Freedom from Fear
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear, 1943
Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Caravaggio's Narcissus
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 3, 2 APs
Large format: $3,750
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the histor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rockwell's Freedom from Want
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Want, 1943
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Zoffany's Portrait of Belle and Murray
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
17.25 x 24 inches - Edition 1 of 5 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Anguissola's Portrait of Bernardino Campi Painting Sofonisba Anguissola
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 14.25 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Petrus Christus' Portrait of a Woman
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
36 x 27 inches - Edition 2 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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
ABS, Archival Pigment
Ode to Ingres' Valpincon Bather
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 16 inches - Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $420.
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 Gainsborough's The Linley Sisters
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 12.25 inches - Edition 4 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rockwell's Freedom from Fear
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear, 1943
Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Eyck's Arnolfini Marriage
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
30.75 x 24 inches - Edition 3 of 5 with 2 APs
Already Framed
Shot in 2012 in Amsterdam
Inspired by Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Marriage, 1434
Photography and acting are kindred spirits ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Milkman, Ode to Vermeer's The Milkmaid
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 20.5 inches - Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the hist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rembrandt's The Night Watch
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 3 of 3 with 2 APs
Available framing $525.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the new series by e2 (Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien). Their current photograp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Eyck's Self Portrait
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 11.5 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $265.
Shot in 2012 in New Orleans
Inspired by Van Eyck’s Portrait of a Man (Self-Portrait?), 1433
Photograph...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Ingres' Grand Odalisque
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
9.25 x 16 inches - Edition 1 of 7 with 2 APs
JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY proudly presents The Changing Face of Portraiture, the premier solo exhibition of photography by artistic duo E...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rockwell's Freedom from Fear
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Norman Rockwell's Freedom from Fear, 1943
Edition 1 of 3 with 2 APs
As the photographic duo E2, New Orleans natives Elizabeth Kleinveld ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Titian's Venus of Urbino
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
10.5 x 16 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $420.
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
Adam and Steve, Ode to Hugo van der Goes' The Fall of Man
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5, 2 APs
Framing is an additional $420.
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the ongoing series by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien, entitled In Empathy We Trust. The project presents viewers with re-imagined iconic images from the history of art. The collaborators re-envision the work of old master painters beginning with the Flemish Primitives and spanning nearly 600 years.
With subjects enacting roles with varied representations of race, age, and sexual orientation, E2’s revisionist Art History works by artists such as van Eyck, Botticelli, Raphael, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Fragonard, Manet and Whistler. Inspired by the original paintings, E2 hopes to “jar viewers” into questioning their own perceptions. They invite viewers to see these images, and indeed the world anew, using humor, wit and playfulness. In addition, they hope that the viewers will see how stereotypes can lead to prejudice and discrimination.
The collaboration began in 2010, after completing work on the traveling exhibition and book project, Before (During) After: Louisiana Photographers Respond to Hurricane Katrina. This natural and man-made disaster brought social inequities in Louisiana into vivid focus. Conversations between Kleinveld and Julien revealed their mutual interest in issues of social justice.
E2 has been exhibited internationally in institutions such as: Royal Academy of Art (London), Photoville (New York), Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), Palazzo Fortuny (Venice), Museum Castelvecchio (Verona), Galerie SIRIUS (Tokyo), New Orleans Museum of Art and Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans). The duo is represented by JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, New Orleans and their work appears in numerous public and private collections, including: Benetton Collection (Treviso, Italy), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Trento, Italy), Hilliard University Art Museum (Lafayette, LA) and The Marks Collection (Houston).
Elizabeth Kleinveld is an artist and photographer from New Orleans, now based in Amsterdam, who takes her inspiration from Paul Outerbridge...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Van Eyck's Self Portrait
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 17.5 inches - Edition 3 of 5 with 2 APs
framing is an additional $420.
Shot in 2012 in New Orleans
Inspired by Van Eyck’s Portrait of a Man (Self-Port...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to de la Tour's Penitent
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 2 of 3, 2 APs
Framing is an additional $500
Photography and acting are kindred spirits in the ongoing series by E2 - Kleinveld & Julien, entitled In Empathy We Trust. The project presents viewers with re-imagined iconic images from the history of art. The collaborators re-envision the work of old master painters beginning with the Flemish Primitives and spanning nearly 600 years.
With subjects enacting roles with varied representations of race, age, and sexual orientation, E2’s revisionist Art History works by artists such as van Eyck, Botticelli, Raphael, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Fragonard, Manet and Whistler. Inspired by the original paintings, E2 hopes to “jar viewers” into questioning their own perceptions. They invite viewers to see these images, and indeed the world anew, using humor, wit and playfulness. In addition, they hope that the viewers will see how stereotypes can lead to prejudice and discrimination.
The collaboration began in 2010, after completing work on the traveling exhibition and book project, Before (During) After: Louisiana Photographers Respond to Hurricane Katrina. This natural and man-made disaster brought social inequities in Louisiana into vivid focus. Conversations between Kleinveld and Julien revealed their mutual interest in issues of social justice.
E2 has been exhibited internationally in institutions such as: Royal Academy of Art (London), Photoville (New York), Gemeentemuseum (The Hague), Palazzo Fortuny (Venice), Museum Castelvecchio (Verona), Galerie SIRIUS (Tokyo), New Orleans Museum of Art and Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans). The duo is represented by JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY, New Orleans and their work appears in numerous public and private collections, including: Benetton Collection (Treviso, Italy), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Trento, Italy), Hilliard University Art Museum (Lafayette, LA) and The Marks Collection (Houston).
Elizabeth Kleinveld is an artist and photographer from New Orleans, now based in Amsterdam, who takes her inspiration from Paul Outerbridge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to van der Weyden's Portrait of a Lady
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
36 x 24 inches - Edition 1 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
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to van Dyck's Grimaldi
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 13.25 inches - Edition 1 of 5 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 Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Durer's Self-Portrait at Twenty-Eight
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
24 x 20.5 inches - Edition 1 of 5 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-imagines iconic images from the hist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Rockwell's Triple Self-Portrait
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 11.5 inches - 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 hist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Distant Lover
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
Distant Lover
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
Dance With Me
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
Dance With Me
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
Gold
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
$1,250
Gold
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
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 7 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."
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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 3 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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ode to Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 13 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
Framing is an additional $313
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 Grant Wood's American Gothic
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
16 x 13 inches - Edition 3 of 7 with 2 APs
STATEMENT:
e2, a collaboration between New Orleans artists Elizabeth Kleinveld and Epaul Julien, re-ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
On Foot
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 5/7
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 Klimt's 'Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I'
By E2 - Kleinveld & Julien
Located in New Orleans, LA
Inspired by Gustav Klimt's "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I", 1907
“Ode to Klimt’s ‘Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I’’ bends gender expectations by casting a man as the woman in gold; artist Epaul Julien...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment, Acrylic
A Warm Memory
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 genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography. As a photographer, Trenity uses his camera to capture the life and composition of still life around him. His photographs have a warmth to them that pulls the viewer into the scene as if they were present - a feature that has become characteristic of his photographic style.
Trenity Thomas has been in various juried exhibitions, most recently, JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY's 24th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art and the Louisiana Contemporary juried exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana. His photographs have also received international attention when they were chosen for exhibition in photovogue, a prestigious collection of photographs curated by the Photo Editors of Vogue Italia.
The artist says of his work...
In this series of work, I am taking a step out of reality to create visual stories through photography. Consistently pulling ideas from my imagination and things that are in front of me allows me to create my own world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
A Warm Memory
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 genres including fashion, lifestyle, editorial, conceptual, sports, portraiture, and nightlife photography. As a photographer, Trenity uses his camera to capture the life and composition of still life around him. His photographs have a warmth to them that pulls the viewer into the scene as if they were present - a feature that has become characteristic of his photographic style.
Trenity Thomas has been in various juried exhibitions, most recently, JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY's 24th Annual NO DEAD ARTISTS International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art and the Louisiana Contemporary juried exhibition presented by The Helis Foundation at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Louisiana. His photographs have also received international attention when they were chosen for exhibition in photovogue, a prestigious collection of photographs curated by the Photo Editors of Vogue Italia.
The artist says of his work...
In this series of work, I am taking a step out of reality to create visual stories through photography. Consistently pulling ideas from my imagination and things that are in front of me allows me to create my own world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sample (17)
By Artemis Antippas
Located in New Orleans, LA
ARTEMIS ANTIPPAS was raised in the French Quarter. From a very early age, she became consumed with the wildness that was New Orleans.
The work Antippas makes is a reflection of her intense connection to the city and her various obsessions – obsession with party decorations, with hoarding her grandmother’s used lipsticks and holey pantyhose, with her family’s Greek noses, with soccer, with monthly visits to the Dollar Tree...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Purple Heart
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/5
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Passing By
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/5
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Teenage Summer
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 3/5
edition 1/5 on view at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Louisiana Contemporary Exhibition
TRENITY THOMAS is a self-taught photographer who has also experimented with pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Home Girls
By Trenity Thomas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 1/5
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 ge...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Chicken (hematite)
By Artemis Antippas
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2/5
Antippas’ photographic series, Chicken, is an interpretation of the exceptional, yet contrastive people that make up New Orleans. The portraits of Popeyes chicken legs d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sample (6)
By Artemis Antippas
Located in New Orleans, LA
ARTEMIS ANTIPPAS was raised in the French Quarter. From a very early age, she became consumed with the wildness that was New Orleans.
The work Antippas makes is a reflection of her intense connection to the city and her various obsessions – obsession with party decorations...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
