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Cyprien Gaillard — Two works: (i) Working in a State of Emergency (Hools); (ii) Working in a State of Emergency (Pollockshaw)
Cyprien Gaillard

Two works: (i) Working in a State of Emergency (Hools); (ii) Working in a State of Emergency (Pollockshaw)

Two photographs from Cyprien Gaillard's *Working in a State of Emergency* series capture the raw, ritualistic energy of football hooligan gatherings and the bleak architectural landscapes of post-industrial urban peripheries. Gaillard draws parallel between collective acts of destruction and the weathered remnants of modernist housing projects, finding in both a kind of brutal, unplanned sublime. The works reflect the artist's ongoing fascination with ruins, entropy, and the violent undercurrents that animate contemporary social spaces.

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Under the Influence

April 11, 2013

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Cyprien Gaillard, Two works: (i) Working in a State of Emergency (Hools); (ii) Working in a State of Emergency (Pollockshaw)

Two photographs from Cyprien Gaillard's *Working in a State of Emergency* series capture the raw, ritualistic energy of football hooligan gatherings and the bleak architectural landscapes of post-industrial urban peripheries. Gaillard draws parallel between collective acts of destruction and the weathered remnants of modernist housing projects, finding in both a kind of brutal, unplanned sublime. The works reflect the artist's ongoing fascination with ruins, entropy, and the violent undercurrents that animate contemporary social spaces.

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Related themes

Architectural Subject, Melancholic Mood, Documentary Aesthetic, Male Artist, Dystopian Mood, Conceptual Art, French Artist, Contemporary Artist, Social Commentary, 21st Century, 21st Century Art, Urban Landscape, Photographic Series, Duiptych Series

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