Working with expired photo paper, encaustic wax, and fragile silver gelatin prints, Bakin transforms accidents of time into images that hover between clarity and disappearance. FADE reflects on memory, fragility, and the passing nature of images over time.
As Bakin writes: "The most special moment is when the image appears on the sheet of blank paper floating in the liquid of a dim room. From fading in to fading out, the image appears from white and disappears to black. The idea is to catch it somewhere between its birth and its death."
Text: Andre Hansen, from exhibition FADE, Ex Nihilo gallery, Copenhagen, DK (2025)
Overdue gelatin silver paper. Size 24x30 cm
Overdue gelatin silver paper. Size 24x30 cm
Gelatin silver print, found glass, copper, solder. Size 16x16 cm each
Overdue gelatin silver paper Size 30x24 cm
Overdue gelatin silver paper. Size 30x24 cm
BEFORE THE END I, 2025
Archival inkjet print, encaustic on artist made wood panel. Size 40x30 cm
Archival inkjet print, encaustic on artist made wood panel. Size 40x30 cm
UNTITLED (SOLDIER’S HEAD), 2024
Overdue gelatin silver paper, encaustic on artist made wood panel. Size 13x18 cm
Overdue gelatin silver paper, encaustic on artist made wood panel. Size 13x18 cm
Silver gelatin FB paper, encaustic, varnish on found wood slab. Size 25x25 cm
Archival inkjet print, encaustic on artist made wood panel. Size 12x15 cm
Overdue gelatin silver paper, encaustic on artist made wood panel.
Set of 5 panels, 18x24 cm each.
Overdue gelatin silver paper, encaustic on artist made wood panel.
Set of 5 panels, 18x24 cm each.
Gelatin silver on roll paper. Size 70x50 cm approx.
Gelatin silver on roll paper. Size 70x90 cm
Gelatin silver on roll paper. Size 70x90 cm