Terminus
John Divola
MACK
Continuing the conceptual experimentation that has defined Divola’s oeuvre, Terminus captures a tension between the observation of the specific and the insistence of the abstract. These are real places, shot in the available light of early morning, but altered by Divola’s obscure hieroglyphs they are alive with suggestions of symbolism and fiction. Sharp details testify to the abandonment and demise of half-familiar scenes even as they transfigure them into stage-like arenas for ideation. Within the transitional spaces of these passageways, we are always travelling and never arriving, caught between the tidal currents of history and speculation.
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Foil embossed hardback bound in Japanese paper
24 x 31.5cm, 68 pages
ISBN 978-1-913620-08-0
February 2021
€35 £30 $40
The signed edition includes a slip signed by the artist and bound into the inside back cover.
‘Terminus is the sort of photo series that you could return to knowing that each time those magnetic black circles will signify something different‘ ArtReview
'[Divola’s] concerns are conceptual: they question the boundaries between fiction and reality, as well as the limits of art in describing life.‘ Guillotine
'Despite the the violent gestures perceptible here ... in the incongruous presence of painting, there is a beautiful, enduring, persistent poetry.‘ l’Intervalle
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