Created and Sold by Paolo Giardi
Ngauruhoe Volcano – Collage, digital print on fine art paper
Featured In Less is More Projects, Paris, France
Price $800
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| Dimensions | Weight |
|---|---|
19.69H x 27.56W x 0.39D in 50H x 70W x 1D cm | 0.2 kg 0.44 lb |
AURORA BOREALIS
Imposing Cone of the Ngauruhoe Volcano
2013
27½”W x 19 ¾“H (70x50cm)
Edition 2 of 2 from a limited edition of 2 plus 1 artist proof from a series of 20 artworks.
Handmade collage intervention with oil paint and color card on digital image printed on Arizona UV 320gr Fine Art paper.
Signed on back of paper and unframed.
‘Le Vie del Mondo’ was a monthly geographical/travel review published by the Italian Touring Club between 1924 and 1992 under, over the years, slightly different headings. In the years from 1933 to 1937 the publication changed its title to ‘Le Vie d’Italia e del Mondo’ and offered themes and illustrations that were highly influenced by the fascist ideology of the time. Under the pretext of showing the picturesque diversity of customs and costumes, the wonder of nature and the beauty of artefacts, the reviews were actually proposing a perspective of the world that was west-centric, bigot, colonial, and kept feeding to its readers ridiculous and dangerous prejudiced clichés.
With ‘Aurora Borealis’ Paolo Giardi presents us his most personal work to date. It is a reflection on the act of seeing and its process of attraction and repulsion, at what draws us into something and what pushes us away. An evaluation of what makes an image alluring and what is its real context. An exercise on aesthetic and ethic.
Giardi wants the viewer to discover his grandfather’s books with his very own sense of wonder and curiosity that was felt as a child. He is adding geometrical shapes borrowed from the modernist movement, quoting contemporary artists, pasting colourful screens in order to conceal the view and obliterate any form of nostalgia. Underneath the playful doodles another reality exists, and it is not always pretty.
Imposing Cone of the Ngauruhoe Volcano
2013
27½”W x 19 ¾“H (70x50cm)
Edition 2 of 2 from a limited edition of 2 plus 1 artist proof from a series of 20 artworks.
Handmade collage intervention with oil paint and color card on digital image printed on Arizona UV 320gr Fine Art paper.
Signed on back of paper and unframed.
‘Le Vie del Mondo’ was a monthly geographical/travel review published by the Italian Touring Club between 1924 and 1992 under, over the years, slightly different headings. In the years from 1933 to 1937 the publication changed its title to ‘Le Vie d’Italia e del Mondo’ and offered themes and illustrations that were highly influenced by the fascist ideology of the time. Under the pretext of showing the picturesque diversity of customs and costumes, the wonder of nature and the beauty of artefacts, the reviews were actually proposing a perspective of the world that was west-centric, bigot, colonial, and kept feeding to its readers ridiculous and dangerous prejudiced clichés.
With ‘Aurora Borealis’ Paolo Giardi presents us his most personal work to date. It is a reflection on the act of seeing and its process of attraction and repulsion, at what draws us into something and what pushes us away. An evaluation of what makes an image alluring and what is its real context. An exercise on aesthetic and ethic.
Giardi wants the viewer to discover his grandfather’s books with his very own sense of wonder and curiosity that was felt as a child. He is adding geometrical shapes borrowed from the modernist movement, quoting contemporary artists, pasting colourful screens in order to conceal the view and obliterate any form of nostalgia. Underneath the playful doodles another reality exists, and it is not always pretty.
Price doesn't include frame. Artwork shipped from London, UK.
Item Ngauruhoe Volcano – Collage, digital print on fine art paper
Created by Paolo Giardi
As seen in Less is More Projects, Paris, France
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