PASCAL CAPUTO
Latitude anthropique
Galerie Dominique Bouffard is proud to present Latitude anthropique, Pascal Caputo’s brand new exhibition. Joining painting and installation, the artist continues his reflection on the banality related to the identity image.
Latitude anthropique is based on the question of the “self” and its representation in the paradoxical context of climate pictures. In his new research, interest is focused on the point of tension between the desire for a projection of identity towards utopian places and apprehension of the disappearance of the human species. This body of work follows on the exhibition After #us, in which the artist appropriated photographic portraits of the “holiday selfie” type on social networks and replaced human figures by unpainted spaces. In Latitude anthropique, the sampled shots found on the web come from the same geographic latitude, but the apocalyptic scenes chosen bear radically opposite messages. The contrast and the ambiguity that can be generated by the coexistence of attractive, selfie-type images with more repulsive ones of climate catastrophes are cleverly represented by various visual arrangements in a staging that is both surprising and unsettling.
In Latitude anthropique, the idea of an ideal geography fades away and gives way to that of “no way out”. Without being prophetic, the vacuum left on the canvases challenges the viewer and appears as a creative opportunity, provided that s/he accepts the inevitable discomfort it entails.
From November 11, 2015 to January 10, 2016
Opening: Thursday, November 12, 2015
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Opening Hours: Wednesday to Friday - 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday & Sunday - Noon to 5 pm
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Pascal Caputo - 334798_101513451225708511466304540_0.jpg - 2014 - Huile sur toile / Oil on canvas - 91 x 122 cm / 36 x 48 " (crédit: Guy L'Heureux)