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May 9 – May 12, 2014

Frieze New York 2014

Playing with relationships between both the hand and the brain, Bettina Samson leaves chance to play a crucial role: these ceramics bear the appearance of accidental marks from the process of shaping and firing. The shapes made visible by the hollow can be seen to echo as much Chinese scholars’ rocks as the sculptures of Henry Moore. In the same dynamic, the gelatin silver prints are obtained according to a simple physical process: uranium dust is directly applied to negatives, in complete darkness, subtly attacking the photographic emulsion. Once enlarged, the image reveals abstract, almost supernatural forms.

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Bettina Samson

More Honour’d in the Breach, 2014

Faïence émaillée / Glazed earthenware

30 x 37 cm

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Bettina Samson

Kink (More Honour'd in the Breach) III, 2015

Terre cuite chamottée / Terracotta

45 x 30 x 30 cm

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Bettina Samson

More Honour’d in the Breach 2, 2013

Faïence émaillée / Glazed earthenware

30 x 23 x 14 cm

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Bettina Samson

Silver Nuclear Dust (I & II), 2014

Tirage argentique sur papier baryté contrecollé sur dibon

Gelatin silver print on baryté paper mounted on dibon

175 x 140 each