“The Veil of Maya 3” can be easily subscribed to the tradition of the so called acheiropoieta, a Greek notion that generally defines the “icons made without hands”. The mysterious images composing this experimental artist-book consist of found contact sheet prints from the 60s on top of which random negatives got stuck, mainly due to storage, time and humidity. This appropriated material builds up a constellation of its own: floating in their ethereal appearance, the feminine nudes decompose their transparency in sibylline conjunctions, revealing themselves as desirable “icons” miraculously conceived.

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“The Veil of Maya 3” is the third of the 7 artist-books published since 2018 in a very limited edition of 35 copies each. Taking its title from a common metaphor defining the state of perennial illusion in which people are trapped, “The Veil of Maya” serial project deals with the duality enchantment-disenchantment from 7 different perspectives. In this editorial experiment, photography is often mixed with appropriated materials from various sources, both textual and visual, creating a profusion of eclectic scenarios.

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35 copies / 24 pages

28 x 28 x 5 cm

Lay-flat-bound hardcover

2 signed and numbered Fujiflex Crystal Archive prints

Printed and bound in Paris by Agoria, August 2020

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