‘The Dual’ features a series of photographic representations of various fragments of bodily hair and skin structure. Paula Pelše depicts bodily hair as a plant that has preserved a connection with man. She develops her work using photography and photomontage as a starting point and then adds drawing. In striving to achieve the effect of spatiality, artlessness and vitality, her photographic images become fragments of the world and miniature versions of reality.
Paula Pelše about her series: ‘This work is underpinned by the idea of how humans and nature merge into one and interact. How two systems interflow and influence one another. One part of the system becomes part of the other system. It is an illusion about a place, an environment or a landscape that is real and exists, and where this merging is possible. Man as the nature, the nature as man.’
Paula Pelše (1988) studies graphic art at the Art Academy of Latvia. She has participated in several national and international group exhibitions. ‘The Dual’ exhibition is free and open Monday to Friday from 12noon – 6pm at the Office gallery of the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, 13 Alberta Street (7th floor).
The exhibition is financially supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation and Riga City Council.
