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Charlotte Dumas
Anima
January 10 - March 9, 2012

The Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to present our third solo exhibition of Charlotte Dumas: Anima. The series was commissioned by and recently exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and is comprised of portraits of the majestic burial horses of Arlington National Cemetery. Dumas photographed these animals in their stalls as they relaxed and moved towards sleep after a day of work. Exposed only with available light, these pictures are both powerful and intimate. She has also created a video work that will be screened in the project gallery portraying the animals as they drift in and out of sleep.

Dumas travels the world making evocative formal portraits of animals, characterizing them by their utility, social function, or by the way they relate to people. "The bond between mankind and animals, and the extensive history that it accompanies, is my great interest," says Dumas as she seeks to express how humans "use and regard animals for our own purposes, literally and symbolically."

This body of work follows numerous tightly edited series made by Dumas in the last decade that have been published and exhibited widely. In 2002 Bomb Magazine published the "Police Dogs", and her series called "Day is Done" depicting the military horses of Rome was shot in 2003 and shown at Dumas' Dutch dealer Paul Andriesse in 2004. She has worked with tigers, wolves, working and stray dogs, and most notably in 2011 her "Retrieved" series in which she located most of the surviving dogs that did retrieval work after 9/11. Eleven books have been published (many of them self published) on Dumas' work and they will be available for viewing and purchase at the exhibition.



CHARLOTTE DUMAS
ANIMA
JANUARY 10- MARCH 9, 2012

Entrance:
Ringo, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012 pigment print
44 7/8 x 59 7/8”
edition 3/5

Main Gallery
East wall:
Middle, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012 pigment print
44 7/8 x 56 1/4”
edition 2/5

North wall:
Major, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 1/5

Repose, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 3/5

Peter, Arlington National Cemetary, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 2/5

West wall:
Rise, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 3/5

Roosevelt, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 1/5

South wall:
Patton, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 471/4”
edition 2/5

Major II, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, 2012
pigment print
35 3/8 x 47 1/4”
edition 1/5

project gallery:
Anima, 2012
14:32 hd video
edition of 6

Each photograph is also available in 12 x 16", edition of 7.







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The New York Times, February 21, 2013
Photo Booth, The New Yorker, March 1, 2013
Arts Holland, March 6, 2013
Photo District News, March 2013
Equus, March 2013



Ringo


Middle


Major
 

Repose

Peter


Rise


Roosevelt


Patton