ERWIN OLAF
The Kiss (from the After Rodin series), Fuji Crustal Archive Paper, 130 x 100 cm. /51.2 x 39.4 inches, edition 7, signed and numbered, 2018
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The Kiss (from the After Rodin series), Fuji Crustal Archive Paper, 77 x 60 cm. /30.3 x 23.6 inches, edition 10, signed and numbered, 2018
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Parting I (from the series Shanghai 2017), colour photograph, Museum Quality Print, paper size 6 x 6 inches /15.24 x 15.24 cm., hand signed by the artist, 2017
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Shanghai reminds me of a young, confident adolescence full of
boundless energy, convinced of its own power, and doing whatever it takes to
reach its potential. The growth of this Chinese province is the subject of my
series ‘Shanghai 2017.’ The project is both a paean and eulogy, celebrating the
ethereal, other-worldly beauty of a city enriched by the ever-increasing
populous that simultaneously threatens to dismantle its past to build its
future.
From a sanguine youth, I see Shanghai maturing into a morbidly obese young
adult, its heart beating faster and faster in a stifling atmosphere of ruthless
redevelopment. As economies inflate and consumerism expands, alienation and
dislocation likewise flourish among the families forcibly relocated as the LED
screens and brightly lit advertisements of the urban sprawl relentlessly
encroach. However, in a culture of suppressed emotions, quiet resilience still
propagates, shown by an exquisitely dressed woman who, with dignity and poise,
holds a small, delicate flower in the dying light of the day. My protagonists
are all caught in these silent vignettes, gracefully composed as the surrounding
metropolis devours them.
Erwin Olaf
Felix (2008) and Portrait 22 (2012), set of 2 books and 2 pigment print, paper size 12 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches /32.4 x 24.4 cm., image size 7 15/16 x 5 15/16 inches /20 x 15 cm., edition 30, signed and numbered, 2014
$ 3700,- set
I WISH, I AM, I WILL BE, portfolio with 3 colour lamda prints, each print: paper size 13 3/4 x 10 7/8 inches /34.9 x 27.6 cm., image size 13 x 10 inches /33 x 25.4 cm., edition 35, each print signed and numbered, 2009. Presented in a beautiful clothbound portfolio case, packaged with a documentary about the artist by Dutch director Michiel van Erp/Erwin Olaf: Beyond the Fall.
$ 3000,- set
