Art: Damien Poulain's prints explore fragility and balance in Le Havre show

Date
26 June 2013

One of my favourite things about designer and art director Damien Poulain is his unerring ability to switch between the achingly cool and the charmingly playful. It’s not a trick many can pull off, finding their work trammelled in a certain direction which the expectations of clients/fans make it tricky to row back from. But Damien’s portfolio pirouettes effortlessly between the two, and his latest work is a jubilant celebration of the latter. For a show at Un Saison Graphique in Le Havre, Damien created 29 new prints around the theme of fragility and balance. Funny, interesting and gloriously graphic, Damien’s talents are given free rein to dazzle and delight in equal measure.

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Damien Poulain: yes

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Damien Poulain: Bum Eyes

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Damien Poulain: Optimism

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Damien Poulain: Eyes

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Damien Poulain: Bird Head

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Damien Poulain: Hand Hand

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Damien Poulain: Internet

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Damien Poulain: Tooth

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Damien Poulain: Shoe

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Damien Poulain: Un Saison Graphique (installation view)

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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