Scope New York 2016
Zoé Byland, “Sisters”, acrylic and airbrush, 35.43 x 45.28 inches, $7,300, SOLD
Zoé Byland, "Day at sea”, acrylic and airbrush, 29.53 x 41.34 inches, $7,000
Zoé Byland, "Sunday afternoon”, acrylic and airbrush, 29.53 x 41.34 inches, $7,000
Zoé Byland, "Sisters and Snowy Owl", acrylic and airbrush, 19.3 x 27.17 inches, $4,400
Zoé Byland, "Head in the clouds II”, acrylic and airbrush, 45.28 x 31.5 inches, $7,500
Zoé Byland, "Girls and pages", acrylic and airbrush, 23.6 x 15.75 inches, SOLD
Zoé Byland’s monochromatic paintings resemble family photographs from the Victorian era, with the series appropriately titled “Souvenir”. Dressed in period garb, the sitter’s impassive expressions strike an alluring contrast to their oftentimes jocular and surrealistic accompaniments. Byland’s figures can be found adorned with space helmets reflecting the artist’s studio à la M.C. Escher or posing placidly in a snowy interior with an owl overhead. Each painting is executed in Byland’s stunningly realistic technique creating a highly believable world one would typically find in dreams.
