



Property from a Contemporary New York Collection
292
Denis Darzacq
Hyper No. 21
- Estimate
- $2,500 - 3,500
$1,134
Lot Details
Chromogenic print.
2008
41 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (105.4 x 69.9 cm)
Signed in ink, printed title, date and number 1/8 on a label affixed to the reverse of the mount.
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Catalogue Essay
In his series Hyper, Parisian photographer Denis Darzacq invited street dancers from Paris and Rouen to recreate their gravity defying moves within the narrow aisles of big box “hypermarkets.” The juxtaposition of the figure in motion and the location creates a visual tension reflecting the angst among youth in neighborhoods that were rapidly becoming gentrified. As straight, unedited photographs (made possible only by improvements in camera shutter speed at the time), the works from the series also suspend our belief in what is real, just as the dancers’ bodies are suspended in time and space.
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