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"Gilt Nostalgia", embossed handmade paper with pure copper leaf, bamboo scaffolding with construction mesh, LEDs, vintage sudare blinds, 2024 Each blind embossed print the physical record of a meeting between architecture and the artist’s body. This installation marks a continuing preoccupation with life patterns in two cities: Paris and Hong Kong. These grooves and tiles mark the consciousness of residents in varied ways: our feet, neighborhoods, and identities. Having been designed for a previous century, they provoke a sense of nostalgia or decay in those of us who live and work among them, a subtext to our lives. Though often ignored, they become an indelible part of our memories.

From Elizabeth Briel

  1. 1 Bleu de Travail: Global Presence by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    1 Bleu de Travail: Global Presence

    Denim and Cotton Paper Pulp

    100cm diameter

  2. Bleu de Travail: Emotional Labor by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    Bleu de Travail: Emotional Labor

    Denim Paper Pulp Print in Handmade Cotton Paper

    A4 size

  3. Bleu de Travail: Founding Members 1 by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    Bleu de Travail: Founding Members 1

    Denim Paper Pulp Print in Handmade Cotton Paper

    A4 size

  4. Bleu de Travail: Executive Assistant - Pair of prints by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    Bleu de Travail: Executive Assistant - Pair of prints

    Denim and Cotton Paper Pulp Prints in Handmade Paper

    A4 size x 2

  5. Bleu de Travail 1: Notre Dame by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    Bleu de Travail 1: Notre Dame

    Ink, acrylic and graphite on artist-made denim paper

    A4 size

  6. Gilt Nostalgia: Kowloon by Elizabeth Briel, Image 2.

    Gilt Nostalgia: Kowloon

    Copper leaf on embossed handmade paper

  7. Paris Tiles 2 by Elizabeth Briel, Image 2.

    Paris Tiles 2

    Copper leaf on embossed handmade paper

  8. Paris Tiles 1 by Elizabeth Briel, Image 1.

    Paris Tiles 1

    Copper leaf on embossed handmade paper