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Zachary Ayotte

 

Zachary Ayotte

UntitledRO, Archival pigment print, Edition 1/3, 26 x 40 inches, framed courtesy of the artist.

UntitledRO, Archival pigment print, Edition 1/3, 26 x 40 inches, framed courtesy of the artist.

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From I Wish You Were Here, 2020

"In the fall of 2016, my partner and I drove through the western United States. We’d gotten married a month earlier. About half way through our trip, at a motel in Nevada, nothing happened. And I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I Wish U Were Here is my attempt to think through the ways perception is shaped and try to deconstruct an inherited visual language with images. The work consists of a series of photographs made by rephotographing images from our trip and distorting the original image using light modifiers. In making the work, I am curious if symbols can be revealed and deconstructed by altering the way they present themselves. How do we sink into our perceptions? How do we find our way out?"

https://zacharyayotte.com/I-WIsh-U-Were-Here-2020


Interview:


Sunne Prelude 1, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 1, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 3, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 3, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 5, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 5, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 2, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 2, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 4, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

Sunne Prelude 4, Ink on paper, 9 x 12 inches, framed, courtesy of the artist.

UntitledWomb, From I Wish You Were Here, 2020, Archival Pigment Print, edition of 10, 6 x 9 inches, courtesy of the artist.

UntitledWomb, From I Wish You Were Here, 2020, Archival Pigment Print, edition of 10, 6 x 9 inches, courtesy of the artist.


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Zachary Ayotte is an artist and writer living in Edmonton, AB.