PAST COMFORTS

Is a collection of work that celebrates the 1950’s through to the 1970’s at the dawn of luxury consumerism with the emergence of new materials and their promise of stylish convenience, travel and time to play, at a moment of innocence with no foresight to the consequences of our commercial fervour and actions.

This was a time of innovative excitement as technology made big advancements, yet on a human scale, marrying craft to industry, with thoughtful actions, considered intentions, and attention to surface and texture, leaving a palpable trace and memory that the digital era fails to match.

These works are contemporary collages that mirror emerging art forms of this time, yet in their construction have evolved in technique to become images that Maxime refers to as ‘Photographic Reconstructions’ as the individual cut-outs are painstakingly and seamlessly placed on the page.