Julie Duschenes

This series continues Duschenes' investigation into the genre of still life, begun over eight years ago. For this exhibition, she is using still life to translate a method of describing events from quantum mechanics to visual art. *Collapse of the Wave Function* refers to the theory which states that multiple probabilities revert to a single reality, and the artist follows this idea to allow for its metaphorical value to emerge.

The paintings originate from dinner settings. They are pre-determined yet random events which quickly become symbols for both interaction and formal arrangements. They then move into the realm of choice and separation. Duschenes portrays objects usually situated in a table setting, now transposed into a specific configuration which speaks of perception while illuminating the act of perceiving.

"When I am painting in the deliberate manner to which I am devoted, I am painting in a way which is wholly conscious, corralling all conscious and unconscious thought in a tight enclosure so that they mill around appearing and disappearing.” (Julie Duschenes)


Guest curated by Jill Pollack


Essay: "Julie Duschenes has made a series of paintings," Jill Pollack

Three paintings on the walls of a gallery. The paintings are in square frames of different sizes and colours. All of the paintings show different sets of dishes from above, on colourful backgrounds.

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A closeup of a painting in a wood frame. It shows yellow plates, blue cups, and red spoons on a purple background.  Text on the top corners reads "ohne worte" meaning "without words" in German. 

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A gallery space with framed paintings on the walls and a bench on the floor. The paintings are colourful and show different dinnerware sets which have colourful patterns on the backgrounds.

Julie Duschenes

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