Paul P. - Nonchaloir
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Release year: 2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 156 pages, 84 four-color artworks
Size: 9.65 x 7.6 x 0.79 in (24.5 x 19.3 x 2 cm)
Publisher: powerHouse Books
Edition: First Edition
Condition: Very good(vintage), light wear on the covers as shown in the product photos.
Nonchaloir, published in 2007, is Paul P.’s first monograph and an important early publication in the Toronto-based artist’s exploration of male beauty, memory, and queer history. Now out of print, the book brings together more than 80 paintings and drawings of young men, based on photographs found in pre-AIDS gay magazines.
P. transforms these archival images through the visual language of late nineteenth-century painting. His subjects appear languishing, wistful, or weary, with references to the portraits of James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent. The result is a body of work that feels both historical and contemporary, giving new presence to faces and figures from a largely forgotten photographic archive.
P.’s work has been published and profiled in numerous art and fashion magazines, and his drawings have also appeared in the fashion world. In 2006, he collaborated with Hedi Slimane on the Spring 2006 Dior Homme campaign, which featured his drawings. A number of his drawings are also held in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
The title Nonchaloir refers to a now-defunct French word suggesting repose and resignation, and appears in the writings of Mallarmé and Baudelaire. It captures something of the atmosphere of the book: romantic, restrained, and conscious of the passage of time.
Printed in a limited first edition of 2,000 copies, Nonchaloir offers an intimate view of the work that established many of the themes Paul P. continues to explore today. His more recent self-titled monograph, published in 2026, expands this visual world to include sculptures, architectural studies, and atmospheric paintings, making Nonchaloir an especially interesting point of entry into the development of his practice.
The book includes an introduction by Collier Schorr.
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