Scorched earth XVIII
2022
Size
81 x 114.17 in
Year
2022
Medium
Paintings
Reference
8e9b779c
Silver gelatin & Watercolour on paper on canvas
1976 , Belgium
Marie Cloquet's work consists of constructing large-format hybrid landscapes by recomposing black and white photographs of nature which the artist tears apart and then reassembles in a different order, creating melancholic and mysterious narratives. Her work oscillates between photography and painting, simulation and representation, fragmentation and unity, and the strangeness and familiarity of visual isotopies and fictitious topographies. In her process, after the reconstruction of the images by collage, Cloquet covers her works with transparent watercolour colours, which, together with the dimensions of the pieces, imply a further degree of abstraction, fantasy and unreality.
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Address
Ciudad de México, Calle Francisco Pimentel 3, San Rafael, Cuauhtémoc
Galería Hilario Galguera is a contemporary art gallery located in Mexico City. The gallery was founded in 2006 for the discussion of Mexican and international art. The opening exhibition was Damien Hirst’s first solo show in Latin America, titled ‘The Death of God’. Since then, the gallery have exhibited works by Daniel Buren, Jannis Kounellis and Bos...
