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LANDSCAPE | ATMOSPHERE | FORM
Exploring the formal, spatial, and atmospheric qualities of landscape beyond nostalgic representation. This work serves as a technical and aesthetic catalyst for the deeper symbolic analyses in the Projects | Examinations section, as well as a library of images from which these explorations may derive. -
PROJECTS | EXAMINATIONS
Investigations into perception, artifice, and the constructed image—where landscapes become sites of projection, intervention, and erasure, bearing the marks of those who shape, sell, and exploit the American narrative, revealing the disconnect between ambition and reality as time and nature exert their own pressure on these fleeting symbols.
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IN SITU: AT HOME AND IN GALLERIES
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IN SITU: PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
OVER A THOUSAND PIECES CAN BE FOUND ON THE WALLS OF HIS COLLECTORS AROUND THE WORLD. HERE ARE A FEW OF THEM. -
Michael Gaillard Studio: Hastings-On-Hudson
In November of 2022, Michael Gaillard opened his new studio and exhibition space as a creative and experimental outpost, functioning both as a studio and production spaceIn November of 2022, Michael Gaillard opened his new studio and exhibition space in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. Michael Gaillard Studio was a creative and experimental outpost, functioning both as a studio... -
The Coveted Landscape
Menlo Park, California 1 May - 16 Jun 2018After being introduced to large-format photography at Stanford University (BA 2003), and furthering his studies at Columbia University for his MFA (2010), Gaillard has had a solo show in New... -
MIchael Gaillard Studio: Nantucket
Nantucket, Massachusetts 21 Jun - 1 Dec 2019Michael Gaillard founded his eponymous studio in Nantucket in 2014, marking the beginning of a significant phase in his artistic journey. Over the following six years, Michael Gaillard Studio became...
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EXERCISES IN ABSTRACTION
Formal and aesthetic experimentation through abstraction in the field is an essential part of Gaillard's practice, offering technical and symbolic challenges that, like the landscapes above, play a vital role in developing ideas explored and applied throughout his practice. -
WHOSE WOODS THESE ARE
"Whose woods these are I think I know, his house is in the village though, he will not see me stopping here, to watch his woods fill up with snow [...]"
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