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November 19 \u2013 December 17, 2016
\nKarine Payette: Capture
\nArt M\u00fbr Leipzig
\nSpinnereistra\u00dfe 7, Halle 4b
\nLeipzig (DE)<\/p>\n

Abstract from a text by Nancy Webb<\/p>\n

In Payette\u2019s suite of anthropomorphic works, the demarcation between species grows faint. A photographic series depicts the slow encroachment of fur, scales and feathers on human skin\u2014a striking process of contamination facilitated by touch. The fusion of flesh, charcoal cat fur and a pale silky dress in one of the photographs speaks to the deft textural play that characterizes Payette\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n

The imagery in Capture is otherworldly, borrowing from dark fairy tales, science fiction, nightmares; all things feral are plucked from their contexts and uncomfortably domesticated. Humanness is also askew. Disembodied silicon arms recall that childhood moment of misrecognition when dolls and figurines were so close to being real, save for their unnatural, rubbery skin and sterile, manufactured smell. The surreal and hyperreal collide, but the illusion is so precise that it often spurs a double take.<\/p>\n

The hybrid scenarios in this exhibition are alternatingly menacing and intensely intimate, mimicking the ingredients of human-animal connection. Bridging the species divide is unpredictable but necessary, always requiring some combination of risk and trust. Payette\u2019s series holds a distorted magnifying glass to the exact moment of fissure, the precise point at which we delineate our differences.<\/p><\/div>\n

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