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Nick Doyle — Innocent Industry
Nick Doyle — Innocent Industry
Nick Doyle — Innocent Industry
Nick Doyle — Innocent Industry
Nick Doyle — Innocent Industry
Nick Doyle

Innocent Industry

2026

A monumental collage of bleached denim panels frames a serene alpine landscape featuring a snow capped peak, evergreen forest, and reflective stream beneath a cloud filled sky. The composition employs a distinctive staggered brick pattern, with neutral toned denim rectangles forming a geometric border around a central photographic or printed image rendered in cool blues and whites. The material's worn texture and faded surface create a weathered, industrial quality that contrasts sharply with the romantic wilderness scene at the work's heart. This juxtaposition invokes themes of labor, domesticity, and American mythology, transforming humble working class fabric into a monumental frame for untamed nature. The work exemplifies Doyle's practice of reimagining discarded textiles as sculptural and narrative elements, collapsing boundaries between craft, fine art, and found material culture.

Medium
Bleached and collaged denim on panel
Overall

Notes

From Galerie Perrotin's solo show "Collective Hallucinations" by Nick Doyle at Perrotin New York, April 24 – May 30, 2026. Inquiries: cecileattal@perrotin.com.

For Sale — $60000

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Nick Doyle, Innocent Industry, 2026

A monumental collage of bleached denim panels frames a serene alpine landscape featuring a snow capped peak, evergreen forest, and reflective stream beneath a cloud filled sky. The composition employs a distinctive staggered brick pattern, with neutral toned denim rectangles forming a geometric border around a central photographic or printed image rendered in cool blues and whites. The material's worn texture and faded surface create a weathered, industrial quality that contrasts sharply with the romantic wilderness scene at the work's heart. This juxtaposition invokes themes of labor, domesticity, and American mythology, transforming humble working class fabric into a monumental frame for untamed nature. The work exemplifies Doyle's practice of reimagining discarded textiles as sculptural and narrative elements, collapsing boundaries between craft, fine art, and found material culture.

Medium
Bleached and collaged denim on panel
Dimensions
overall: 182.9 x 162.6 cm
Year
2026
Seen at
Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

Related themes

Contemporary Textile, Wall Based Work, Industrial Craft, Geometric Composition, Conceptual Art, Narrative Tableau, Americana Iconography, Denim Assemblage, American Artist, Collage Technique, Found Material, Sculptural Installation, Working Class Materials, Mixed Media Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Textile Art, Blue Palette, Pattern and Texture, Landscape Imagery, Environmental Theme

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