Photo Graphic Constructs. Karl Grimes 1989. Series of large photo collages.

PHOTO GRAPHIC CONSTRUCTS

Galerie Le Chanjour, Nice, France
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
Fnac Etoile, Mois de la Photo, Paris, France
RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Triskel Arts Center, Cork, Ireland
Galway Arts Center, Ireland
Limerick City Gallery, Ireland
Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, N Ireland
Birmingham Billboard Project. U.K
Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY
Nikolai Fine Art, New York, NY

Midtown Self-Portrait. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Collection of the Artist.

"The images in Photo Graphic Constructs form a vibrant collage of different cultures and conflicting histories. They invite the viewer into a new domain, one that we can recognise as Europe, but a Europe inflected by interaction with elements from outside. Across Ireland, France, Italy Spain, Morocco and Tunisia, they take us on imaginative journeys, exploring the intersections and juxtapositions between different cultural formations.

What looks like replication, simulation and mirroring in fact introduces difference. Symmetries turn out to be unbalanced and order harbors within itself a secret element of chaos. Both within and across these photo constructs, strange correspondences suggest themselves: the matching of a Mediterranean beach and a cemetery; an umbrella and a palm tree; a newspaper kiosk as a public confessional? In this way, Karl Grimes provokes a playful, questioning approach to the visual, an approach that also remains open to the erotic and sexual aspects of visual forms." Soho Photo Gallery, New York.

Giovanni's First Temptation. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1991. Edition of 1. Private Collection.

Il Duomo, Florence. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Arts Council of Ireland Collection.

The Pleasure Tree. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1990. Edition of 1. Morris Collection. USA.

Paulo at the Palace of Nefta. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3.5ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Nikolai Fine Art, NYC, USA..

Souk, Zagora. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Private Collection.

Beach at Dalyan. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1990. Edition of 1. Collection of the artist.

Omar at Tozeur. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 7.5ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Collection of the artist.

Tom's Beach, Tavira. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1990. Edition of 1. Private Collection.

St Stephen's Green, Dublin. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Private Collection.

Virton in Versailles. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 8ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Collection of the artist.

Rocks, Sardinia. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 7ft. 1988. Edition of 1. Private Collection, Italy.

Priam in ruins, Arles, France. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 7ft. 1988. Edition of 1. Morris Collection. USA.

Pisa, Italy. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 4ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Morris Collection. USA.

Palace of Nefta. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 4ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Private Collection

Palms at Zagora. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 4ft. 1988. Edition of 1. Private Collection

Casino Monte Carlo. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 4ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Private Collection

Casino Monte Carlo 2
Casino 2. Toned hand print on resin-coated paper. 3ft x 4ft. 1989. Edition of 1. Private Collection

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