Spotlight on Lola Dupre..... A selection of her collages of dogs ( lemmy.ml )
Main photo- Ozzie, 2021, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
'.....I like taking something familiar and making it a subversive shadow of itself. You might view a new sight with a familiarity you can’t quite explain....'source
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Above- Baxter, 2020, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Hercules II, 2022, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
'.....[She uses multiple copies of the same image] between 10 and 20. But the multiple crops and zooms on a particular detail are most important.....'source
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Above- Po D'Arroz, 2019, 11.6 x 8.2 inches
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Above- Dora, 2018, 16.5 x 11.5 inches
'....I am really interested in the limits of beauty, even the definition of beauty. I think there is something to be said for symmetry but beauty and attraction blur this definition...'source
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Above- Whiskey, 2018, 8.27 x 11.69 inches
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Above- Cece, 2018, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
'.......I find an image that inspires me, and I cut the hell out of it. I try to make it into a new creation that somehow still reminds you of the original image....'source
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Above- Tobby, 2019, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Nova, 2020, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
'....I work on a large empty table, with my tools. laptop, wooden boards, paper, glue, scissors and brushes. I like minimal tidy clean spaces with good views....'source
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Above- Work in progress source
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Above- Beans, 2018, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Logan, 2018, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Clandestino, 2023, 11.5 x 16.5 inches
'.....I love the Dada aesthetic because of the quick and shocking juxtaposition of images. The accessibility. The practical relevance of it.....'source
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Above- Odie, 2020, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Hercules, 2022, 11.6 x 8.2 inches
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Above- Odie, 2021, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Keith, 2020, 16.5 x 11.5 inches
'.....Eyeballs are good, if someone sees my work I am happy to inspire a smile or an independent thought....'source
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Above- Cleo, 2021, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Ben, 2019, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Penny, 2019, 11.5 x 16.5 inches
'.....I try to remain free from patterns, but we do what we do and inevitably form habits and rituals. When I work, I try to leave all directions open, and I never say ‘no’ to an idea.....'source
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Above- Summit, 2019, 8.2 x 11.6 inches
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Above- Molly, 2018, 16.5 x 11.6 inches
'......I love strange things, surrealism in general...'source
All work by Lola Dupre
