Hyper No. 34, from the series Hyper, 2007-09

by Denis Darzacq

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"The kids in Denis Darzacq's photographs want to get away, sort of, or at least they want to capture an instant of freedom in a society that surrounds them, cocoons them in the often spurious choices of the marketplaceā€”a full supermarket of interchangeable products that seems to go on forever. Darzacq's kids have the appearance of defying not only their confinement by capitalism but gravity itself." ā€”Lyle Rexer, Photograph magazine In this photograph, Denis Darzacq uses a photographic construction to juxtapose two realities: the supermarkets' backdrop that has become our social and living spaces; and the proud strength of young bodies in movement, refusing to be subjugated. The street dangers in these photographs challenge the very laws of gravity by self-discipline and hard work, performing ecstatic and gratuitous acts in spaces designed to promote conformism and consumerism.
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C-Print
Paper Size: 15 15/16 x 11 3/16 inches
Image Size: 14 x 9 1/4 inches
Edition of 15 and 2 Artist’s Proofs
Signed and numbered by the artist

About the Artist

Denis DarzacqĀ (b. 1961 Paris, France) graduated from the Ecole Nationale SupĆ©rieure des Arts DĆ©coratifs in 1986. His work is held in the collections of the National Modern Art Museum (Centre Georges Pompidou), the NicĆ©phone NiĆ©pce Museum’s National Contemporary Collection in Chalon-sur-SaĆ“ne,France, Gallery Chateau d’eau, Toulouse, and the Altadis Foundation, among others. A recipientĀ of the first prize, stories category, in the World Press Photo 2007, he won the Altadis Prize in 2000 and is represented by Gallery VU.

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