Warp / Weft - Works by Robert Rauschenberg and Liz Deschenes
Emanuela Campoli•Apr 24, 2025 — May 30, 2025
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Emanuela Campoli is pleased to announce Warp / Weft: Works by Robert Rauschenberg and Liz Deschenes.
Vancouver (1980) by Robert Rauschenberg is a point of departure for the exhibition: a black and white photograph of apparently simple elements - parts of the alphabet, poles, armatures and lights scattered on the floor. Specifically chosen by Liz Deschenes for the exhibition, it is a reminder of the myriad ways in which the photographic was embedded in Rauschenberg’s work, but also a stand in for the potential of an artistic practice itself.
If Vancouver conveys indexicality and photomechanical processes, Liz Deschenes’ Gorilla Glass series breaks down the elements that usually define that same process. Made of ultra-thin glass engineered for screen displays and phones, one side frustrates its designed optical transparency with the printing itself while the other is left glossy. Her Rubylith…
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Warp / Weft - Works by Robert Rauschenberg and Liz Deschenes
Emanuela Campoli•Apr 24, 2025 — May 30, 2025
Press Release
Emanuela Campoli is pleased to announce Warp / Weft: Works by Robert Rauschenberg and Liz Deschenes.
Vancouver (1980) by Robert Rauschenberg is a point of departure for the exhibition: a black and white photograph of apparently simple elements - parts of the alphabet, poles, armatures and lights scattered on the floor. Specifically chosen by Liz Deschenes for the exhibition, it is a reminder of the myriad ways in which the photographic was embedded in Rauschenberg’s work, but also a stand in for the potential of an artistic practice itself.
If Vancouver conveys indexicality and photomechanical processes, Liz Deschenes’ Gorilla Glass series breaks down the elements that usually define that same process. Made of ultra-thin glass engineered for screen displays and phones, one side frustrates its designed optical transparency with the printing itself while the other is left glossy. Her Rubylith…
