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JESSICA BACKHAUS – CUT OUTS

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Presenting ‘cut outs’: a series by distinguished German artist, Jessica Backhaus.

It’s been an honour to work closely with Jessica in recent years – her process and vision continually amaze me. Experimenting with everyday objects, analogue techniques and abstraction, Jessica succeeds, time and again, to stage the ordinary
in alluring new ways. This series was crafted with the most basic of means, focusing on the essentials: light and shadow, form and colour.
‘cut outs’ has been widely exhibited:
‘The Eye Sees’ in collaboration with Robert Morat Galerie during Les Rencontres d’Arles opening week, PhotoBasel, Photo London and Paris Photo – to name a few.
A joyous celebration of simplicity and colour as we encounter art in person again.

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“Colours are emotions.”
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PROCESS
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Jessica Backhaus has a distinctive style of documenting simple elements in ingeniousways, her process constantly evolves with deepening focus and experimentation. With‘cut outs’, pieces of transparent paper react to the heat of piercing, intense sunlight.The artist stepped back to witness the shapes shifting, rising – and casting perfectshadows. Backhaus intervened only slightly to tweak the cut outs and steer the shadows; prepared to shoot quickly, to catch the exact moment the compositionswere just right. She describes the process of working in the heat as very physical. I see the process as a performance: shadows and colours dancing with the choreographer. All forms moving gracefully, playfully, for the camera.

CONTEXT

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Backhaus’ work has been exhibited internationally, including at the National PortraitGallery (London), Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin), MARTa Herford (Herford) and the Kunsthalle Erfurt (Erfurt). Her work is featured in important museum collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), the Marguilies Collection (Miami), the DeutscheBörse (Frankfurt) and the ING Art Collection (Brussels). To date, Jessica Backhaus has 10 publications to her name and has been awarded numerous Photo Book prizes.
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ARTWORK DETAILS

40 x 60cm, fine art pigment print, edition of 2
75 x 112.5cm, fine art pigment print, edition of 3
The 2 sizes complete the single edition of 5
Get in touch for further information and prices

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Jessica Backhaus’ book ‘cut outs’, published by Kehrer Verlag, is sold in a limited edition of 750.

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Diana Poole is a Zürich-based art advisor specialised in photography. She supports clients to build and grow art collections advising on the acquisition, management and presentation of modern and contemporary works. Diana also curates exhibitions and organises art events.

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Advisory & Curation

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Zürich 8001

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NEWSLETTER
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Diana Poole is a Zürich-based art advisor specialised in photography. She supports clients to build and grow art collections advising on the acquisition, management and presentation of modern and contemporary works. Diana also curates exhibitions and organises art events.
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