Jaume Llorens Bach, Gaia Diptych #78, Monochrome Photographic Print

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Gaia Diptych #78 by Jaume Llorens Bach is a 18cm x 24cm Black and White print on Premio Kozo gsm … Read more Gaia Diptych #78 by Jaume Llorens Bach is a 18cm x 24cm Black and White print on Premio Kozo gsm White Paper by Awagami Factory.

Edition of 10 + 2 Artist Proofs.

In the right section of this diptych, a gentle fluffy cloud sits suspended in the vast expanse of a bright blue sky that is rendered delicate grey by this monochrome diptych. Behind it, two contrails pepper the smooth expanse.

To its left, a cluster of wild daisies sits in a small bunch of wet grass. The dense black of this monochrome print reflects the imagined intensity of the rich green grass, fresh and scented the morning after a rain storm.

Two central structures, and yet the interconnection between these two disparate things becomes apparent once they are united by the hand and mind of Llorens Bach.

The series Gaia takes its names from the hypothesis by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, which describes Earth as a single superorganism in which living beings and the rest of the planet establish a self-regulating equilibrium that ensures the survival of the whole.

In this series of diptychs, Llorens creates a duality of meaning by juxtaposing two photographs of natural elements found in Llorens' own natural habitat. These two individual images combine to make a third, holistic, harmonious whole, which differs from the simple sum of its parts, as described by Ralph Gibson in 'Overtones and Proportions'.

'Gaia' was recently voted into the Top 10 of LensCulture's prestigious Critic's Choice Awards 2023.
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