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A king's milk gone sour in the midst of wary delights
Dinorah Delfin
2010
Edition of 6 as Photographic C-Prints
+ 2 AP Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminum
28 x 35 in
Two figures reclining
Dinorah Delfin
2010
Edition of 6 as Photographic C-Prints
+ 2 AP Dye Sublimation Print on Aluminum
28 x 35 in
Bjorn Ressle Art Projects and Elga Wimmer PCC are pleased to announce
Dinorah Delfin's first solo exhibition, honoring her friend and mentor Chuck Close
September 24 — October 30, 2010
In 2009, Dinorah had the opportunity to meet Chuck Close. At
this time, she had started experimenting with digital photo
collages and asked Close if he could give her some opinions
and feedback. His advice and mentorship consequently became
an integral part in the development of her photographic series.
He gave her the confidence she needed to fully explore and
develop her artistic talents. As their relationship progressed
Close also decided to photograph Dinorah adding her to his
series of daguerreotypes and photographs, some of which will
be exhibited at the show.
Chuck Close in an interview: What Dinorah is trying to
do, be a painter who makes photographs, that issue is
very interesting... photography is the easiest medium in
which to be competent, but the hardest medium in
which to have a personal vision... They're excellent
photographs... They're very a painter's attitude, a
painter's vision.
Web link to the interview/conversation with Chuch Close, Dinorah Delfin and Bjorn Ressle published in M Magazine,
April 10:
http://www.thenewyorkartworld.com/2010/04/currentReviews.html
Delfin's artworks exhibit great influence by Renaissance masters, in particular Caravaggio, but with a contemporary edge: A nude holding a
camera, a figure resembling a comic book heroine, a doll holding a machine gun etc. Contentwise Delfin's works explore what exists in the
human condition while also experimenting with new ways of story telling and artistic process. Her images are about expressing conflicting
drives, feelings and morals that are in constant battle for prominence in the psyche. Her work is a visual interpretation of diametrically
opposed inner dialogues. “They are poems or melodramas about self-discovery, pain, forgiveness, hope, unconditional love, deception,
but I think I always end up making references to the internal struggles we experience in protecting ourselves from our worst enemy, which is
yourself.” - Delfin
Dinorah Delfin is dedicating her first solo exhibition to Chuck Close to show appreciation for his invaluable support and generous
contribution to her development as an artist.


Curated by Björn Ressle Art Projects
T. 212 470 0053
mail@bjornressle.com
www.bjornressle.com
PDF of M Magazine interview with Chuck Close, Bjorn Ressle and Dinorah Delfin
Heart shaped bubble balloons
Dinorah Delfin
2010
Edition of 6 as Photographic C-Prints
+ 2 AP Dye Sublimation Print on
Aluminum
28 x 35 in
Butterflies
Dinorah Delfin
2010
Edition of 6 as Photographic C-Prints
+ 2 AP Dye Sublimation Print on
Aluminum
35 x 28 in
Two figures
Dinorah Delfin
2010
Edition of 6 as Photographic C-Prints
+ 2 AP Dye Sublimation Print on
Aluminum
28 x 35 in