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Galerie XII Paris : Clark et Pougnaud

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Clark and Pougnaud: The red chair, 2014

Pigment print on Fine Art paper, embossed in the lower margin. Shadow box stained white. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artists. 100×75 cm / Edition of 5 + 2 EA

 

About the work

This series, whose title is that of a song by Duke Ellington, is a story of withdrawal, distance, exoticism, languor. If it was a perfume, it would be a mixture of patchouli, jasmine and rose. It is also a research on color, the body and still life. The places and the settings have been refined to minimalism to make way for large areas of color that highlight the miniature objects, in an imaginary oriental atmosphere.

For the sets in this series called Mood Indigo, the painter Pougnaud applied raw, solid pigments on mock-ups that she built in 1/12 scale, which were then photographed by Clark in their studio. The lighting was a concerted effort, achieved through geometric openings.

 

About Clark and Pougnaud

Clark and Pougnaud are a couple of French artists, painter and photographer respectively. Pougnaud, from a family of artists, has been involved in the art world from a very young age. Clark grew up in the photography business. He was his father’s assistant before opening his own studio in the 1980s.

It was in the 1990s that they formed their duet: Pougnaud thought the staging, made and painted the sets, Clark photographed them. Sometimes, certain elements, objects or characters are photographed separately and then inserted into the decorations, sometimes they work in single shots in front of the painted backgrounds. Their work demonstrates a singular transversality: painting, models and photographs. Their work is resolutely contemporary, by the technique used, the choice of characters, the flat areas of color and the acute sense of staging. Their approach is also deeply traversed by pictorial references of the 20th century, like Edward Hopper, René Magritte and surrealism.

Clark and Pougnaud were awarded in 2000 with the special mention of the Arcimboldo Prize for digital creation, followed by an exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris, then in 2006, by the HSBC Prize for Photography.

 

Galerie XII Paris

14 rue des Jardins Saint-Paul

75004 Paris

www.galeriexii.com

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