Poolscape 12, Copyright Karine Laval / Courtesy Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
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Photographer | Karine Laval |
When thinking of an artist that focused on swimming pools, we cannot help but think of David Hockney immediately.
Yet even beyond the world of fine arts, we encounter this place: Karine Laval photographically deals with the paddling pool of dreams: ‘Mise en abyme’ is the name of her new series. A picture that contains itself.
To the artist, pools are a metaphor, a mirror that reflects the surroundings on its surface on the one hand and...