A&E by D&C
c-type photograph, 40.6 x 32 cm, unframed
Edition of 5
£120 + shipping
We are
delighted to make available this new limited edition photograph which
was created during the development of The Lost Estate.
A&E is of course an acronym for Adam & Eve but it also stands for accident & emergency, referring to those moments of sudden change that happen in our lives and in the world, when our reality is shook at the foundations and a transformation must take place.
A&E by D&C was created by spilling vivid red oil paint onto an inkjet printed image and photographing it while the paint was still wet. This 'accident' creates a chance interaction between paint and printed image which is captured by the camera, the original painting no longer exists – like paradise it cannot be retrieved.
A&E is of course an acronym for Adam & Eve but it also stands for accident & emergency, referring to those moments of sudden change that happen in our lives and in the world, when our reality is shook at the foundations and a transformation must take place.
A&E by D&C was created by spilling vivid red oil paint onto an inkjet printed image and photographing it while the paint was still wet. This 'accident' creates a chance interaction between paint and printed image which is captured by the camera, the original painting no longer exists – like paradise it cannot be retrieved.
The found image used in
A&E by D&C is from an engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi, created
after Michelangelo's fresco of the expulsion on the ceiling of the
Sistine Chapel. It shows the moment Adam & Eve cross the
threshold from paradise to the world.
“The
story of Adam & Eve is a recurring motif in our work. For us it speaks
of the split between humans and nature – the psychological rupture
of the expulsion when the impact of their actions hits them – they
move from being in harmony with their environment to being displaced,
at odds with the world, their bodies and nature”
- Daniel &
Clara
A&E by D&C was made during the development of Daniel & Clara's The Lost
Estate which was commissioned by Norwich Castle and exhibited there
in 2024/25. This edition is being released to celebrate the
acquisition of The Lost Estate for Norwich Castle's collection with
support from the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and Norfolk Contemporary
Art Society.
Find out more about The Lost Estate here.
Find out more about The Lost Estate here.
“The Lost Estate is not straightforwardly ‘about’ the Biblical narrative of the Fall, this story remains a powerful metaphor for Homo sapiens’ relationship to the rest of nature – which is one of the reasons Daniel & Clara were drawn to it. Their implied point in The Lost Estate is both existential and environmental.”
- Martin
Gayford, ‘Twilight in the Garden’
A short video of Daniel & Clara in the studio creating the series A&E by D&C in September 2022.