Paloma Barhaugh Bordas

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→ Two and a Half Seasons (2017)
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Four

The works in Four were made during an artist residency at Casa Lü in Mexico City. In an effort to engage a making process of giving, rather than taking, while a guest in another county, I focused on processes that recorded my observations or responded with material I carried with me. This included several banners with pouches, to travel with what’s necessary to make art.

I made cyanotypes and rubbings of trees and urban sidewalks as a way of learning the material, light, and surfaces of Mexico City. Back in the studio, I wove these materials together to play with two- and three-dimensional perception. I expose both sides of my materials, and in the banners, avoid defining a front or back, intending for the volley of presences and absence to be continual.

Installation of Four, the Printshop LA Gallery. Los Angeles, CA

For Walking at Night, 2023
18 x 96
Cyanotype, cotton, silk, lace

Flagging for Trees, 2021
30 x 30, series of 9
Oil monotype on hand-dyed indigo muslin

For Generations, 2023
30 x 102
Mixed fabrics, thread, paint, cyanotype

Four Directions, 2023
22 x 30
Cyanotype, thread, paper

Grass Switch, 2023
4 x 36
Grass, handmade paper, cyanotype

Tiles, 2023
18 x 24
Graphite, vellum, paper

Lava rocks and Maguey
18 x 24
Graphite, paper, maguey paper

Vita, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, graphite, vellum, woven paper

Bridget, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, graphite, woven paper

Remedios, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, grass switch

Anni, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, graphite, woven paper

Alice, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, graphite, woven paper

Leonora, 2023
18 x 24
Cyanotype, graphite, woven paper

Installation view, Casa Lu Gallery. Mexico City, MX