Counterfeit series
These images are exaggerated photographs of world currency that distill the value that countries place on their histories and culture. We find the secular canonization of politicians, a reverence of animals, and the celebration of artists and poets. It fascinates us to see the similarities shared by countries that are culturally and politically polar when they choose to filter their histories onto a few square inches of paper.
Counterfeit explores intersections between realism in photography with the expressionistic aspects of painting and the abstractionist possibilities inherent in both. We are inspired by [Robert] Rauschenberg’s idea of “working within the gap between life and art”. We explore the tension between photography and painting, realism, and abstraction. -Louviere+Vanessa
This series includes archival pigment ink prints on thin rice paper overlaid onto gold and/or silver leaf, then finished in resin and completed with the artists’ handmade frames.
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It was their fear teasing the torches to burn hotter, 2010
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To the flower the sun is more amazing than god, 2010
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The fog of youth…, 2010
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Though he stared hard…, 2010
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The firing squad fell to their knees, 2010
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The forgotten fear of feathers, 2010
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The secret of vertigo fell on deaf ears, 2010
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Petulance defies its own tantrum, 2010
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Not even a princess…, 2010
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It was the oneness that drove the stone to tears, 2010
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In the land of a new mother, 2010
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It was the icy spray of bullets…, 2010
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He drove toward death…, 2010
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Crashing planes to kill mice, 2010
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A natural lust for condemnation, 2010
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