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Gaudin’s practice examines nature in contemplating simultaneously its beauty and violence, a concept suitable to the disruption and reset we are collectively experiencing at this time.

In "I am home" and "I am unhinged jaws" (2020), Gaudin physically wrestles and manipulates raw sheets of aluminum into crumpled, imperfect forms. Portions of the surfaces are finished in roughly polished chrome and a bold matte red paint; the works hang as evidence of sincere human actions and mechanical collisions. The reflections and folds distort space and compound light, resulting in a …