• The UN-SPACED gallery is pleased to present a selection of original photographs by the artist Elsa Leydier from her iconic series "Braços Verdes e Olhos Cheios de Asas" and "Plátanos con platino".

    In Braços Verdes e Olhos Cheios de Asas, Elsa Leydier reveals the fantasy mechanism of the Amazon, an iconic territory par excellence. The images are manipulated, sometimes diverted from a tourist medium. Their materiality jumps out to reveal our fantasies about the Amazonian forest. Using the same process, the artist produces an opposite discourse with Plátanos con platino, a work produced in Chocó, Colombia, an extremely poor region. Elsa Leydier produces "pop" images, luminous and glossy, bringing to the surface the glitter and richness of the biodiversity of Chocó.
  • After studying foreign languages, Elsa Leydier (1988, FR) joined the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles in 2012....

    After studying foreign languages, Elsa Leydier (1988, FR) joined the École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles in 2012. She graduated in 2015. She now lives between France and Brazil, where she develops a photographic practice around the power of iconic images.

    Elsa Leydier was the 2019 winner of the Prix de la Maison Ruinart/Paris Photo 2019, and one of the winners of the Dior Prize for Young Photography the same year. In 2020, she is one of the 16 laureates of the public commission launched by the CNAP in partnership with the Jeu de Paume, one of the 5 laureates of the Mentorat des Filles de la Photo, and laureate of the Prix Emergentes Award of the Encontros da Imagem festival (Braga, Portugal).

    Her work has been shown in solo exhibitions in Colombia, the United States, France, Portugal and the Netherlands, and in group exhibitions and fairs, including Paris Photo and Art Paris (Paris, France), ArCO Madrid (Madrid, Spain), Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles (Arles, France), Month of Photography Los Angeles (Los Angeles, United States), Kyotographie Festival (Kyoto, Japan), agnès b. at the gallery Les Filles du Calvaire, at Photo Saint Germain or at the festival Circulation(s) (Paris, France)

  • Elsa Leydier, Sans Titre #1 | Braços Verdes e Olhos Cheios de Asas, 2017

    Elsa Leydier

    Sans Titre #1 | Braços Verdes e Olhos Cheios de Asas, 2017
    Inkjet printing, laminated on Dibond
    90 x 60 cm
    35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
    Edition 2/3 + 1 AP

    Also available in :
    60 x 40 | 3/4 + 1 AP |
    75 x 50 | 3/3 + 1 AP (LAST) |
     
     
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  • Elsa Leydier, Sans Titre #3 | Lutoa, 2019

    Elsa Leydier

    Sans Titre #3 | Lutoa, 2019
    Inkjet printing, laminated on Dibond
    90 x 60 cm
    35 3/8 x 23 5/8 in
    Edition 1/3 + 1 AP

    Also available in :
    60 x 40 | edition 1/2 + 1 AP |
     
    Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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  • Elsa Leydier, Sans Titre #3 | Plátanos con Platino, 2017

    Elsa Leydier

    Sans Titre #3 | Plátanos con Platino, 2017
    Inkjet printing, laminated on Dibond
    120 x 80 cm
    47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in
    Edition 1/3 + 1 AP

    Also available in :
    60 x 40 | edition 1/3 + 1 AP |
    90 x 60 | edition 1/4 + 1 AP |
    Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
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    • Elsa Leydier Sans Titre #2 | Lutoa, 2019 Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
      Elsa Leydier
      Sans Titre #2 | Lutoa, 2019
      Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
      € 3,100.00
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    • Elsa Leydier Sans Titre #8 | Lutoa, 2019 Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
      Elsa Leydier
      Sans Titre #8 | Lutoa, 2019
      Edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof
      € 3,100.00
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