Mustapha Azeroual French Moroccan, 1979
Monade N°10 - Image , 2020
Photogram with polychrome gum bichromate on 100% cotton paper, laminated on dibond
76 cm x 56 cm
As often in his work, Mustapha Azeroual revives an ancient process of printing with gum bichromate 1 requiring both patience and concentration, but especially leaving the sublime part to chance....
As often in his work, Mustapha Azeroual revives an ancient process of printing with gum bichromate 1 requiring both patience and concentration, but especially leaving the sublime part to chance. Here, contingency and materiality reign.
For the series Monade(s) - whose title refers to a philosophical concept of Leibniz designating the minimal unit of perception - flashes of light of high intensity, close to burning or radiation, print sumptuous luminous halos on the surface of the paper. (...) Mustapha Azeroual's photograms are based on a paradoxical process of blinding, giving form to visual and geometric traces that are as invisible as they are indelible, like so many flashes of light, in all its unthinkable disappearance.
For the series Monade(s) - whose title refers to a philosophical concept of Leibniz designating the minimal unit of perception - flashes of light of high intensity, close to burning or radiation, print sumptuous luminous halos on the surface of the paper. (...) Mustapha Azeroual's photograms are based on a paradoxical process of blinding, giving form to visual and geometric traces that are as invisible as they are indelible, like so many flashes of light, in all its unthinkable disappearance.
Literature
Amine El Gotaibi, artist monograph, MCC GALLERY, 2021