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Lucien Clergue: Recent Work
Triptych, copyright Lucien Clergue
While a departure in topic from his landscapes, Clergue's most
recent work maintains a concern with the symbolic. Where his earlier
work called upon ancient mythology, Clergue's new work combines
etchings from a nineteenth century French edition of John Milton's
seventeenth century blank-verse epic Paradise Lost with his
photography of the nude.
Clergue's recent work not only draws
together nineteenth century illustration with twentieth century
visual practice, it also draws a line of connection between Milton's
English Puritan foundationalist tale of Judeo-Christian morality
detailing Lucifer's revolt against God and the fall of Adam and Eve
and Clergue's own exploration of the body's representation. Clergue
positions his photographs of male and female nudes in relation to the
etchings to form triptychs producing interesting and sometimes ironic
commentaries upon the original drawings.
Next: More of Clergue's Recent Work
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