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	*Face1, 2008* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 680

	*Shadow and light, 2007* photography on glossy paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 680

	*Nude, 2004* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 680

	*Hybris Marsyas10, 2007* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 1300

	*Face, 2008* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 680

	*Hybris Marsyas4, 2007* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 1300

	*Decompression, 2007* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 12" x 12" USD 520

	*Face2, 2008* Inkjet Print on Fine Art Paper, edition of 15 18" x 12" USD 680

Press Release

Franco-Swiss artist Christophe Moratal's stark photographs of people's bodies and faces engage two interwoven oppositions, one thematic the other aesthetic. Many of his images juxtapose figures rendered in striking monochromatic brilliance and detail with a surrounding darkness. Through Moratal's aesthetic manipulation of color and shading this intense visual separation between subject and surrounding seems on the verge of breaking, as if shadows were encroaching on his human figures.

This elemental and mesmerizing aesthetic of threat and vulnerability also informs the human forms Moratal depicts. His subjects are generally shown in portraits or full-body photographs, often striking a cautious pose in the latter and defiantly engaging the audience's gaze in the former. The impression conveyed by these figures is of people and bodies aware of their own vulnerability. Their skin and features rendered in crisp detail communicate an undeniable beauty that is also delicate. Ultimately Moratal's photographs pay homage to the beauty and fragility of humanity, so often forgotten behind the armature of modern technology.

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