Through her delicate treatment of every scene, Dumas destabilizes preconceived notions about what, in fact, is being pictured — exploring the tension between the photographic documentation of reality and
the constructed imaginary space of painting.
Not exact matches
In the exhibition
space, however, she
constructs fictitious micro-perspectives: she creates
imaginary images, between dystopia and utopia, which could be presented in extreme enlargement on a screen only as coarse pixels.
The large - scale works included in Against the Wall are primarily based on media imagery and newspaper clippings documenting the conflict between Israel and Palestine, exploring the tension between the photographic documentation of reality and the
constructed,
imaginary space of painting.