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Cultural Writing. Art. Hybrids 1.0 - 3.5 presents the paintings of Los Angeles artist Paul Paiement. This uniquely designed double foldout book features over 50 color plates of Paiement's fascinating work along with an interview by Laguna Art Museum's Chief Curator Tyler Stallings and essays by renowned art writers Christopher Miles and Rebecca Neiderlander. Paiement's luminous paintings, of bugs and ordinary consumer products, combine the worlds of art, commodification, science fiction, and entomology with humor and wry social commentary. Utilizing traditional egg tempera and watercolor, Paiement delicately creates day-glo fantasy specimens isolated on pristine white backgrounds. According to Christopher Miles, "Color becomes key as Paiement desaturates the images and overlays them with even layers of transparent color, as if we see black-and-white images through tinted glass that neutralizes difference." Paiement has been exhibited extensively with his work continually garnering broader att
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Paiement has been exhibited extensively with his work continually garnering broader attention. His work has shown widely over the past ten years in solo and group shows in New York, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada, London, Chicago, and extensively in Southern California. His work was most recently featured at the Irvine Fine Arts Center in Irvine, CA; in the international traveling exhibition Miniature in London and Tokyo; and in the important exhibition Cyborg Manifesto or The Joy of Artifice at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA.
Paiement's work has been featured in several publications including Art in America, Artscene, Modern Painters, Artforum, The Los Angeles Times, and the New Art Examiner. He received his MFA from the University of Southern California in 1995 and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with an emphasis on Drawing and Painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
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- PublisherLaguna Wilderness Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0972854436
- ISBN 13 9780972854436
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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Laguna Wilderness Press January 2006, 2006
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ISBN 13: 9780972854436
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Cultural Writing. Art. Hybrids 1.0 - 3.5 presents the paintings of Los Angeles artist Paul Paiement. This uniquely designed double foldout book features over 50 color plates of Paiement's fascinating work along with an interview by Laguna Art Museum's Chief Curator Tyler Stallings and essays by renowned art writers Christopher Miles and Rebecca Neiderlander. Paiement's luminous paintings, of bugs and ordinary consumer products, combine the worlds of art, commodification, science fiction, and entomology with humor and wry social commentary. Utilizing traditional egg tempera and watercolor, Paiement delicately creates day-glo fantasy specimens isolated on pristine white backgrounds. According to Christopher Miles, 'Color becomes key as Paiement desaturates the images and overlays them with even layers of transparent color, as if we see black-and-white images through tinted glass that neutralizes difference.' Paiement has been exhibited extensively with his work continually garnering broader att Slight scratching/scuffing on cover. Book has minor shelf wear along edges. Sold as is. Seller Inventory # 74241
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