Damien Cadio

For Damien Cadio (1975, France) the border of the canvas is the rim of a lens, behind which is a world of momentum. Beyond lies a state of interplay, each painting becoming less of a still life than a scene within a more elaborate process, moving imperceptibly. He photographs his models from various angles before making a single mark. Therefore, the boundaries of the paintings serve to obscure, to disorient us in a scene beyond the frame, creating a tension between what is visible and the events surrounding that led to their creation. This shroud of mystery and perceived weightlessness creates an unnerving quiet, a sense of some untraceable threat. His images are caught between the gravities of the physical and historical, his modern methods and traditional painting.

Submitted by Gerhard Hofland