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Fresco #3 Photograph - Limited Edition of 7

Julia Wimmerlin

Switzerland

Photography, Color on Paper

Size: 23.6 W x 35.4 H x 0.1 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Fresco is a technique of mural painting where the paint eventually becomes an integral part of the wall. Although it has been used since antiquity, it became synonymous with the Italian Renaissance. In fresco painting, water added to the dry pigment can transform the wall into the beginning of a new world. In my series, I wanted water to create a new life, a new soul, and a new woman. Inspired by the Renaissance's return to the physical importance of the human body and the Baroque emphasis on emotions to convey deeper messages, I sought to combine these two approaches to reflect on modern-day lives and beliefs. Neither approach alone has historically brought humans closer to the greater meaning of life. In my photos, by merging these art styles with their opposing yet complementary philosophies, I strive to create living pieces of art that warm and illuminate the spaces they occupy. The three essential elements of most of my works are color, light, and water—elements that are fundamental to most forms of life. My series "Fresco" had received multiple international awards winning the Fine Arts category at Tokyo International Photo Awards in 2021, winning Photographer of the Year at Moscow International Photo Awards in 2022 and getting a 2nd place at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in 2023. It was part of the group exhibition "Le language des Images" in Festival OFF Arles in Arles, France in 2024. Printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta paper. Framing options available.

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Photography:

Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:

7

Size:

23.6 W x 35.4 H x 0.1 D in

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Julia Wimmerlin is a Ukrainian-born Swiss-based photographer and visual artist. After leaving her native Kyiv, she resided and worked in various countries across Europe and Asia. Armed with degrees in Economics and Marketing, she pursued an international marketing career until 2014 when she transitioned to travel photography. Julia is primarily self-taught, drawing upon her background in advertising to create clear impactful visual stories. The early 2020-s upheavals profoundly impacted her, leading to a metamorphosis in her photographic approach. Julia weathered seismic shifts in her artistic journey from travel to contemporary mixed media. Embracing contemporary fine art photography, she embarked on in-depth research projects, seeking to understand the evolving world around her and her role within it. Striving for deeper subject representation, Julia committed to a private long-term art education program. These upheavals also left their mark on the aesthetics of Julia's works, evolving vibrant concrete imagery into symbolic representations bordering on the dreamlike. Embracing the concept of postmodernism, Julia explores the endless citation and reinterpretation of "grand narratives". Her subjects, ranging from travel and animals to studio work, now manifest as mystical visions. Blurring the boundaries of reality, the interplay of colours and lines in her photographs creates semi-abstract, feminine, and elusive, surrealistic compositions brimming with emotion. Each photograph serves as a portal into the subconscious, where myths and realities intertwine. Much like dreams encapsulate our daily concerns, future fears, and past memories, Julia's works possess simultaneously retrospective, contemporary and futuristic qualities. They capture moments of clarity within the abstract, only to morph into elusive forms that challenge recognition. Her photographs embody the paradoxical essence of dreams—vivid yet ephemeral, logical yet surreal. Despite photographing diverse subjects, Julia's work remains cohesive. Julia’s photographs have been published in various prestigious publications including New York Times, National Geographic, GEO, The Telegraph, The Times, The Guardian, and Le Figaro, amongst others. Her works have been exposed in Canada, Finland, France, Great Britain, Hungary, Japan, Netherlands, Switzerland and USA.

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