04/21/2013
From the Empire IV, by Laurent Dequick
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16"x20" - Open edition : $ 149 - framed under glass
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24"x24" - Edition of 500 : $ 425 - mounted on dibond
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40"x40" - Edition of 200 : $ 825 - mounted on dibond
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ABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH : FROM THE EMPIRE IV
Urban space stimulates Laurent Dequick's artistic creation. He stumbles onto both the remains of the past (structures, architecture or monuments) and symbols of contemporary cities (signs, road signs or advertisements). The photographer systematically seeks access to myths that certain images have created, transmitted or conveyed within collective memory.
ABOUT THE ARTIST : LAURENT DEQUICK
This 40 year old photographer is an architect by profession. There are signs of this in his work as it is first of all a reflection on contemporary cities and more specifically about the proliferation of modern urban space. Laurent Dequick’s purpose is to accurately convey an impression of frenzy which results from a density of population and activity in urban areas:
“Along the streets, the lights, the noise, the traffic, the swarms of pedestrians, the blend of smells, are so fascinating that no single shot can entirely capture it. Do choices have to be made? I don’t think so; I don’t want to…”
To translate this urban life “congestion” into an image, the photographer does not shy away from the juxtaposition, superposition or inlaying of shots. With the same intensity he overlaps photographs representing architectural complexes, main traffic routes and people. He condenses the images like the city condenses the sum of its inhabitants’ lives. Dequick’s style is reminiscent of cubism in its ex*****on close to abstraction and in his representation of permanent movement.