An almost white sheet, curved edges, a shadow: photography becomes a material presence before it becomes an image. In Fixation till Exhaustion, Máté Dobokay pushes photographic fixer to the point where it can no longer stabilize the image. The depletion of a substance meant to preserve becomes the subject of the work.
Published by Bigaignon on September 26, 2026, this video presents the work ahead of Studies in Depletion, announced at Bigaignon gallery, Paris, France, for October and November 2026.
Artist: Born in Pécs in 1988 and based in Budapest, Dobokay explores the chemical reactions and supports of photography, often without a camera, at the boundary between image and object.
Sources: Bigaignon video; artist. · Artist documentation · Image licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.