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Cyprien Gaillard — Fields of Rest
Cyprien Gaillard

Fields of Rest

2010

A haunting Polaroid photograph captures a vast, desolate landscape that evokes themes of memory, decay, and the passage of time. Gaillard's signature interest in ruins and forgotten spaces is distilled into the intimate, analog format of the Polaroid, its ephemeral quality heightened by the artist's sleek aluminum framing. The tension between the raw, faded image and its precise, industrial presentation reflects Gaillard's ongoing dialogue between natural entropy and human intervention.

Medium
Polaroid and mat, in artist's aluminum frame

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Cyprien Gaillard, Fields of Rest, 2010

A haunting Polaroid photograph captures a vast, desolate landscape that evokes themes of memory, decay, and the passage of time. Gaillard's signature interest in ruins and forgotten spaces is distilled into the intimate, analog format of the Polaroid, its ephemeral quality heightened by the artist's sleek aluminum framing. The tension between the raw, faded image and its precise, industrial presentation reflects Gaillard's ongoing dialogue between natural entropy and human intervention.

Medium
Polaroid and mat, in artist's aluminum frame
Year
2010
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Archaeology And Ruins, Melancholic Mood, Photography, Landscape Subject, Polaroid Photography, Male Artist, Conceptual Art, French Artist, Landscape, Contemporary Artist, Muted Tones, 21st Century, Aluminum Frame, Framed Work, Polaroid

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