Cultural Reappropriation #9 - Limited Edition 1 of 6 Photograph

This work is part of the pursuit of a formal research in contemporary photography where I explore various avenues to try to free myself from the flatness of photography. To break this forced two-dimensionality, I use several processes: collages, assemblies, stripping, cutting, tearing, crumpling, crimping, etc. I also use three-dimensional surfaces to elevate photography, and increase depth. To achieve the final result, I accomplished several steps that took place over several months of work: 1. I made colorful cardboard hats from some DIY found on the Internet. I attributed to this rather insignificant and harmless hat a kind of status, a common cultural attribute shared by the people I photograph, of different origins, religions, classes, sexual orientations. The hat becomes the unifying element uniting the differences. 2. I photographed a model wearing one of these hats as part of the Cultural Appropriation series. 3. I photographed several red cardboards stacked on top of each other. 4 . I cut the photo selected in step # 2 into several pieces and then applied it on the photo of the stacked cardboards. 5. I built cardboard installations made up essentially of triangles attached to each other (fascination for Buckminster-Fuller and its use of triangular elements) that create polygons that I hung in front of a background and took photographs again. 6. I transferred the photograph resulting from steps 1 to 4 on the different triangles of the polygon. The printed version of the polygons measure 36’’ X 36’’ inches (91 X 91 cm). They are printed on Endura® Matte 225 paper in 6 copies. The works are framed with birch wood.

Photography:Color on Cardboard

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:6

Size:36 W x 36 H x 0.2 D in

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