Image as Trace
Paride Maria Calvia, Nat Faulkner, Joyce Joumaa, Marietta Mavrokordatou, Kazuna Taguchi
26 April–31 May 2025
‘Such images are indeed able to usurp reality because first of all a photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask.’ – Susan Sontag, ‘On Photography’
The artists in Image as Trace favour experiential techniques that aren’t subjected to traditional modes of photography. With a shared affinity for exposing their means of production, the works reveal Sontag’s image as trace – charting the material process of photography itself, as well as the imprints of time.
Paride Maria Calvia
(b. 1990, Bologna, Italy) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include: The Apartment, Galerina, London (2024), One for sorrow, two for joy, Emalin, London (2024).
Nat Faulkner
(b. 1995, Chippenham, UK) lives and works in London. Recent exhibitions include: Camden Art Centre, London (upcoming), Steady State, ZERO..., Milan (2025), Constellations, Wschód, Warsaw (2025), Albedo, Brunette Coleman, London (2024), Publics, Final Hot Desert, London (2024), Days, Roland Ross, Margate (2024), Couples, Mackintosh Lane (2023).
Joyce Joumaa
(b. 1998, Beirut, Lebanon) lives and works in Amsterdam. Selected exhibitions include: Brunette Coleman, London (upcoming, 2025), Undercurrents, Galerie Molitor, Berlin (2025), Paloir Tournai, Brunette Coleman, Tournai, Belgium (2024), A Temporary Loss of Consciousness, Eli Kerr, Montreal (2024), 60th Venice Biennale, Venice (2024), 2nd Sharjah Architecture Triennale (2023), To remain in the no longer, CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (2023).
Marietta Mavrokordatou
(b. 1996, Nicosia, Cyprus) lives and works between London and Nicosia. Selected exhibitions include: GIRL, Brunette Coleman, London (2024), TOUR LIFE, Radio Athenes, Athens (2024), The Already Pictures, Akwa Ibom, Athens (2024) SCENARIO, wieoftnoch, Karlsruhe (2024), GIRL, Thkio Ppalies, Nicosia (2023), Ah This!, Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna (2023),Our Misfortune, Thousand Julys, Nicosia (2022).
Kazuna Taguchi
(b. 1979, Tokyo, Japan) lives and works in Vienna. Selected exhibitions include: Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna (upcoming, 2025), Existence Bleeding, Longino, I.A.H., Chicago (2024), Black Paintings, Radio Athènes, Athens (2023), Cupid’s Bow, Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2023), Malediction and Prayer, Modern Art, London (2023), A Quiet Sun, Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo (2022), wienfluss, Museum Haus Kasuya, Kanagawa (2017).
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Credits
Images courtesy of Brunette Coleman, London. Photography by Jack Elliot Edwards.
