Nick Veasey
Discover the artworks of British artist Nick Veasey at the OA Fine Art galleries in Paris. He photographs the world with X-rays: a legendary car, an iconic handbag, an entire bar, revealed down to the very last screw. What we usually see disappears; what is hidden becomes the image.
The artworks
in the gallery
Each artwork exists in several sizes, in limited edition. Select one to view it large, choose its size, place it on your wall and discover its estimate.
What the eye
will never see
Every X-ray is born inside a concrete chamber seventy centimetres thick, built by the artist in Kent. There, shielded from the radiation, Nick Veasey uses X-rays to compose what no lens can capture: the inside of things.
The setting
The object rests against a lead wall, the X-ray film behind it. The image is born at the exact scale of its subject.
The exposure
Every material demands its own dose of X-rays. The artist sets the exposure alone, from outside the room.
The assembly
The films are scanned, then joined by hand. An aircraft brings together more than five hundred X-rays.
“We all know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover. By revealing the inside, my art speculates upon what the world really consists of.”Nick Veasey
Seeing through,
seeing otherwise
Nick Veasey, born in 1962 in the United Kingdom, has turned the X-ray into an artistic language. Where photography stops at the surface, he shows the inside: the structure, the mechanics, the bone. An image as precise as a blueprint and as light as a ghost.
The Classics
The founding gesture: the object or scene X-rayed against black. Legendary cars, icons of luxury, bar and game scenes — everything we think we know, seen from within.
Golden Era and Grey
The same scenes, reinterpreted. Golden Era prints them on gold Chromaluxe, Grey on a soft, pale grey: two readings of one image, for two different interiors. Same sizes, same editions.
The lenticulars
The image moves as you walk past. The lenticular process gives the X-ray its third dimension: movement. The drummer strikes, the bottle flies, the shaker rises.
Why Nick Veasey belongs in a collection
A signature recognisable at first glance, strictly limited and numbered editions, and sizes ranging from the cabinet to the grand wall. Chromaluxe, a print on aluminium, offers remarkable depth of black and lasting quality.
Discover the estimate
A gallerist will reply within one business day, with the estimate, availability and acquisition terms for each artwork.
Side by side on one wall, hung at 4 ft 11 in from the floor, as in the gallery.
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“I would be delighted to present it to you.”Olivier Maréchal, co-founder
Your acquisition, in three steps
- 1Choose the time of our call Paris time · Monday to Saturday
- 2Receive the order formBy email, with the presentation and delivery agreed together.
- 3Pay, and the artwork is deliveredBy bank transfer or card. Insured, tracked delivery, certificate of authenticity enclosed.
Olivier Maréchal
+33 6 10 93 47 75 · olivier@oafineart.com