Z/Editions Introduces JP Paul's Stand Up
Installation featuring works by Becker & Bonet, Jp Paul (Image ©Z/Editions 2026)The art market continues to oscillate with the tense geopolitical turbulence and unstable financial markets. Ardstrum and Z/Editions have both joined the fray, featuring works of profound social commentary by artists who are no longer willing to sit idly on the sidelines.
JP Paul and Becker & Bonet are three artists who are no strangers to politically charged work. While their original works have long been available through Altsur and Ardstrum, Z/Editions has recently been licensed exclusively to offer limited editions of their most recent works.
JP Paul has united with a growing number of visual artists who are actively trying to bring social reform and basic decency back to our communities. From an active stance favoring logical gun control and improved mental health programs to the thousands of artists who have called for immediate justice for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of some of the world’s most powerful men, Paul’s poignant visual reminders probe our senses while questioning what we’re made of as a society.
The original 2026 Stand Up series featured complex hybrid bases with JP Paul’s signature multi-layered acrylic paint, mark-making, and pigment ink, featuring abstracted digital imagery. While the originals were sold out almost immediately at Ardstrum, Paul and Z/Editions offer a first-come, first-served limited-edition series of 25 signed and certified prints using archival inks on acid-free 400gsm canvas.
Natalia Becker & Claude Bonet are best known for riveting large-scale installations and mixed-media constructions. Z/Editions offer open editions on paper of their most recent hybrid photography work. Claude spent years as a photographic journalist before dedicating his life to the visual arts, while Natalia holds an MFA in digital arts.
The two combine for several different riveting series that Z/Editions offer as limited editions on canvas and paper. Becker & Bonet call upon images from their vast urban library to weave stories of city life and its occupants, as well as striking minimalist objects that they transform in their studio to twist perceptions of what we’re actually viewing.