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Perseverance #2 of 12 Giclée prints Photograph - Limited Edition of 12

Axel Saffran

Netherlands

Photography, Color on Paper

Size: 31.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

From the series: ELEMENTS. A series about the fundamental phenomena: earth, water, fire, air and ether (or space) that enable our physical existence, manifesting in many diverse ways. Their portrayal in these images often relates to their psychological, rather than their physical form. These 12 pods are a subseries of ELEMENTS. They are reincarnations of one parched patch of earth, that was shot from above and then photo manipulated into twelve spheres -- identical but distinct -- that form a coherent set, 12 variations on a theme, almost like a spectrum.⁠ They are the result of me tweaking a bitmap for the sheer joy of tweaking, and the delight in the results. Apart from that I would say that taking a parched piece of earth, and turning that into all these pods, is rather gratifying in a conceptual sense. Some of the pods refer to their arid place of origin, and increasingly urgent planetary issues more explicitly than others. ---------------------------- Large Size 80 x 80 cm / 32” x 32” LAMINATED EDITION OF 12 + 2 AP Archival Pigment Print, laminated to Dibond aluminum panel, and fitted with a frame on the back, which makes the panel seem to float about a finger's width from the wall. The 4mm acrylic glass front layer enhances color and depth, while protecting it from atmospheric influences. Produced by White Wall in Germany Signed and numbered by me on the back. Comes with detailed Certificate of Authenticity. This work is ready to hang on your wall, straight out of the box. --------------------------------------- Please allow 15 working days preparation time.

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Photography:

Color on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:

12

Size:

31.5 W x 31.5 H x 1.2 D in

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I am a portrait / figurative artist based in Venlo, Netherlands, working mainly in charcoal, pastel and graphite. Being without studio this summer, drove me to photographing trees during my walks in nature, resulting in a series of vertical landscape photographic works. Otherwise I draw portraits and vintage scenes based on antique photographs. I also have an ongoing series of re-imagined classical/mythological 'golden oldies' that have been painted many times in art history, and I really enjoy rendering the human anatomy in a direct and succinct way on paper, resulting in a series of nudes. My main focus is on Humans. My approach to inspirational input is that of an omnivore, feeding in 360º on both 'high' and 'low' culture. My creative output has always been similarly divers in form. (i.e. sculptures in stone/metal/wood, paintings, murals, photo-based work) Only recently I have been able to narrow things down a bit. For about a decade, circumstances forced me to focus on one mode of expression (2D, digital), and a couple of years ago I returned full circle to the place where my creativity once sprouted... DRAWINGS Early 2020, I started drawing again, after not having done that for more than a decade, and not this seriously since my childhood/adolescence, when I hardly did anything else. I draw in a sparse yet naturalistic style, capturing many details but also adding layers dealing with realities of existence beyond the obviously visible. They are expressed in colour, direction, gesture, texture, juxtaposition of elements. My images are spiked with a promiscuous mix of style features, which often makes labeling them as such into a somewhat laughable exercise, merely justified by heightened findability. I guess what I make is usually called 'outsider art'. Facing the world as it is evolving, in my current situation, this is my natural response. I try to steer clear of cynicism, explicit commentary, or attempts at 'activism', focussing instead on developing my draftsmanship and chasing Beauty in various ways. Still, behind all of my pieces there is also the incredulously curious Alien, attempting to process present day reality on Earth while trying to stay sane. ------------------------------------------- In the decade preceding my current adventure as a late-blooming draftsman, my medium has been a Mac with Wacom tablet and much maligned but truly magnificent Photoshop.

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