I Love You I Want To Fuck You By Derrick Santini @ Doyle Devere Wednesday 8th December 2010 7.00pm Champagne reception

Image:Gratification In Red #1 lenticular photographic sequence

The artworks are various frames in length of lenticular photographic sequences, an extension to Santini’s considerable filmic photographic work. T

Santini’s lenticular series of pole dancers are steeped in ‘sex’ – pole dancing being the staple for strip clubs and gentlemen’s clubs, however this is appropriated to a constant visual sequence, that has no beginning or end, but rather than ‘shock’ they produce a discordant harmony and engage the passer by as a voyeur, without their consent.

I Want To Fuck You and I Love You, illuminated, work in unison as a direct spoken piece with the viewer – the subject of the work mouthing the constant invitation and declaration to intice and question what ‘love’ is and the the embracing of its physical embodiment – it cuts through the sentiments of love and sex and blurrs the emotion for the viewer as they receive the dialogue innocently passing by.

‘I Want To Fuck You By Derrick Santini’ @ Doyle Devere Wednesday 7.00pm Champagne reception
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SMOKE & STRENGTH Paris X London

Two contemporary European galleries, Gallery 46 and the Lebenson Gallery Paris, will engage in an exchange of curatorial culture and present two exhibitions, ‘SMOKE’ and ‘STRENGTH’.

INTERVIEW: A trip inside the mind of Derrick Santini

Derrick Santini is a renowned fashion photographer who has photographed a host of contemporary icons including; Jay Z, Rihanna, Alexander McQueen and Lady Gaga. After becoming interested in lenticular photography and the way it bridged the gap between stills and the moving image, he began exhibiting his meticulously crafted lenticular prints in galleries in Paris, London and Istanbul.

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Creating images was always about telling a story, whether a stand-alone iconic image, a series of images, a book, or a film, a natural evolu- tion of the same line of enquiry and my own personal creative journey.