Shivah
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Unimedia Modern, Genoa, 2017
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Unimedia Modern, Genoa, 2017
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Photo and Contemporary, Turin, 2014
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Photographica Fine Arts, Lugano, 2014
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Photo and Contemporary, Turin, 2014
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODES, 2014
Ink-jet prints on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frames, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8 each
Installation view, Photo and Contemporary, Turin, 2014
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #1, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #2, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #3, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #4, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #5, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #6, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #7, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #8, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #9, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
SHIVAH-SIMPLE CODE #10, 2014
Ink-jet print on mirrored plexiglas, aluminum, custom frame, black velvet scrolls.
cm 54x38x8
ABOUT THIS SERIES
These works hang on walls covered by black velvet cloth. They depict traces of the passage of time: imprints left on a black leather couch where museum visitors sit and contemplate art works. Each picture is a layered UV ink-jet print onto a mirror substrate, so that the gaze of the beholder can be partially reflected while the works are viewed, like daguerreotypes that need to be preserved in darkness by the action of light and can be best seen by one person at a time. Seeking a direct and participatory relationship with the observer, they reveal their reflective image from multiple points of view when uncovered.
The idea of this series is metaphorically related to the Jewish tradition to cover pictures and mirrors during the mourning period that follows a close relative’s death, and also the Tibetan tradition of uncovering images during the time of pray.
These works are symbolic places of query, reflection and identity: thresholds of perception to investigate the ambiguous and secretive nature of the images. Relating to different times and places inside and outside the picture, they address the Subject’s present time of experience: the choice of being in their presence grants them meaning and splendor.
Questa serie di lavori esplora la possibilità d’instaurare un rapporto contemplativo e partecipe dell’osservatore nei confronti dell’immagine. Le superfici semi-riflettenti sono coperte da un velluto nero che le protegge dalla luce e le occulta allo sguardo. Come preziosi dagherrotipi esse sono esposte alla luce solo quando il Soggetto le scopre e le osserva, apparendovi riflesso da multipli punti di vista.
Le opere coperte appaiono come buchi neri foto-assorbenti così che l’immagine, celata e protetta, possa essere immaginata, pensata e ricordata. Le opere scoperte trasformano lo spazio in una galleria degli specchi che pone al centro l’osservatore, protagonista e interprete del lavoro.
La serie Shivah indaga l’ambigua e segreta natura delle immagini, ispirandosi simbolicamente alla tradizione Orientale degli hand-scrolls, dipinti avvolti su carta e su seta raffiguranti racconti non lineari da prospettive multiple; a quella Tibetana secondo la quale le immagini sono scoperte ed esposte solo per il tempo della preghiera, e a quella Ebraica, che prescrive la copertura di immagini e specchi durante i giorni di lutto. Le opere di Wolf divengono Icone del Reale, oggetti sacri e luoghi di riflessione, identità e interrogazione. Queste soglie attive della percezione collegano tra loro tempi e luoghi diversi unificati nel Perfetto Presente dell’esperienza del Soggetto: è l’esserci che dona loro significato e splendore.
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