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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer — When you’ve eaten everything below you, you’ll devour yourself/except in dreams you’re never really free
Celeste Dupuy-Spencer

When you’ve eaten everything below you, you’ll devour yourself/except in dreams you’re never really free

2020

This large-scale digital archival print by Celeste Dupuy-Spencer carries the full weight of her painterly vision translated into the precision of archival reproduction. Known for her figurative canvases that locate spiritual anxiety and working-class American life within the tradition of narrative painting, Dupuy-Spencer brings that same charged emotional vocabulary to this 2020 work. The title, a doubled proposition split by a slash, operates almost as a lyric fragment, folding economic metaphor and the logic of dreams into a single breath. Printed on Epson Hot Press Natural 330g/m2 paper, the work benefits from a surface that preserves tonal richness and the subtle textures that define her visual language, ensuring the intimacy of the image survives its translation from paint to print. Issued in an edition of fifty and hand-signed by the artist, this piece occupies a meaningful position within Dupuy-Spencer's broader practice as an object that extends her ideas beyond the singular canvas. At 61 by 50.2 centimeters, the format is considered and compact, inviting close looking rather than spectacle. The edition structure makes this an accessible point of entry for collectors drawn to her work, while the archival quality of the materials ensures longevity and stability over time. Currently offered through The BlackWood Gallery, this print represents a considered acquisition for those interested in contemporary American figurative art and in artists whose work engages seriously with questions of survival, faith, and the costs exacted by systems both economic and psychological.

Medium
Digital archival print on Epson Hot Press Natural 330g/m2 paper
Sheet
Signed
Yes
Location
Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada

For Sale — $3600

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Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, When you’ve eaten everything below you, you’ll devour yourself/except in dreams you’re never really free, 2020

This large-scale digital archival print by Celeste Dupuy-Spencer carries the full weight of her painterly vision translated into the precision of archival reproduction. Known for her figurative canvases that locate spiritual anxiety and working-class American life within the tradition of narrative painting, Dupuy-Spencer brings that same charged emotional vocabulary to this 2020 work. The title, a doubled proposition split by a slash, operates almost as a lyric fragment, folding economic metaphor and the logic of dreams into a single breath. Printed on Epson Hot Press Natural 330g/m2 paper, the work benefits from a surface that preserves tonal richness and the subtle textures that define her visual language, ensuring the intimacy of the image survives its translation from paint to print. Issued in an edition of fifty and hand-signed by the artist, this piece occupies a meaningful position within Dupuy-Spencer's broader practice as an object that extends her ideas beyond the singular canvas. At 61 by 50.2 centimeters, the format is considered and compact, inviting close looking rather than spectacle. The edition structure makes this an accessible point of entry for collectors drawn to her work, while the archival quality of the materials ensures longevity and stability over time. Currently offered through The BlackWood Gallery, this print represents a considered acquisition for those interested in contemporary American figurative art and in artists whose work engages seriously with questions of survival, faith, and the costs exacted by systems both economic and psychological.

Medium
Digital archival print on Epson Hot Press Natural 330g/m2 paper
Dimensions
sheet: 61 x 50.2 cm
Year
2020
Edition
of 50
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, Canada

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