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Sanitized - Human being 1832 - Limited Edition of 4 Photograph

Idan Wizen

France

Photography, C-type on Paper

Size: 35.4 W x 23.6 H x 0 D in

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ABOUT HB1832 ------------------------------------------------------------- HB1832 is part of the Sanitized collection made in 2020 and still ongoing. We can see that this youg woman in screaming to free herself from lockdown due to COVID-19 ABOUT THE SANITIZED COLLECTION ------------------------------------------------------------- Composed of two complementary tones, a blue and an orange, both in the decorations and in the lighting, the Sanitized collection with its set entirely covered with plastic sheeting, is reminiscent of the unprecedented episode that our societies experienced; the COVID crisis and the resulting lockdown. But if this first reading allows us to locate this collection in time, we cannot help but see a deeper, more conceptual and more critical meaning: the sanitization of our society and its culture. The smooth plastic perfectly represents the current desire to create a world without roughness, which does not bother anyone. A world that trembles at the idea of ​​criticism on social networks, a world where the priority is no longer to please some people but to displease no one. In the midst of this, the individual, the only element that is not covered with plastic, is daring to defy the standardization of our customs. And the choice which is offered to him is to accept or not this new world, smooth and sanitized, a choice represented by the duality of colors which come to illuminate the model. It is up to the spectator to choose the world he prefers. ABOUT THE PROJECT "WHO'S THAT NUDE IN THE LIVING ROOM ?" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Showing humanity as it is, in its most natural state, its nudity and diversity. That's the art project of Idan Wizen started in 2009. Since, he photographed more than 1600 differents persons, as you and me. By their diversity and their nature, their dynamism and their naturalness, the work of Idan Wizen underline the universal human beauty, well beyond the sociocultural and aesthetic constraints and criteria of our time. Whoever poses in his simplest clothe participates by his own personality, its differences and its features, freely expressed in the photo, to the universality of the human kind. To the standardization of the criteria of beauty of our society and its modes of expression, the artist opposes the multitude, the variety, the force of character, the movement, the surprising and the natural one to the state of the human kind. A WORD FROM THE ARTIST ------------------------------------------------------------- I’m creating strong and striking images for one purpose: I want my images to provoke thought and discussion. I want the viewer to question himself, question his certainties, learn to see things differently. Pondering two levels: the individual and societal. At the individual level, I want my work to take the viewer on a journey to think about the constraints their minds self-impose, of acceptance of their body, or to help find the beauty in all shapes, sizes, and flaws. At the societal level, my reflections turn to the choices we will have to make tomorrow: our morals, our environment, our responsibility towards future generations, our relationship to science, to the transformation of homo sapiens into a new species… These images come from a wide inspiration, mainly from writings, such as those of Bernard Werber or Yuval Noah Harari, but also great photographers like David Lachapelle or Jill Greenberg. Not to mention, of course, my pop culture, ranging from Marvel to Tolkien through the Rock and Metal music of the 70s and 80s. Combining strong ideas with the relevant aesthetic of an image seems to me easier than writing a political or philosophical piece. Art allows us to send a more subtle message, a message that will be interpreted differently depending on the viewer. By using in my art, the subtlety and multi-interpretation of the message, I want to make the viewers’ ideas into perspective their vision of things and thus, to understand mine. I want to caress the unconscious and thus becoming the seed that will germinate over time allowing an evolution of ideas. Most artists have very radical opinions on their topic. I tend to believe that most of our daily challenges and problems are complicated involving a complex and subtle solution. I’d like to think about the faces of the coin. Isn’t it funny for a 2D artist? For now, it’s in photography that I found the most comfortable way to express myself. But I’m starting to think about sculpture and video in order to express more easily the permanent, rage and hope, cohabitating inside me. My rage is coming from the contemplation of a world seeming to turn in the wrong direction! I always feel repulsed and angered at many things. I feel anger towards the state of the world. I feel beaten down at people’s stupidity, violence and hypocrisy. I feel thunderstruck at the fear of progress and science. And I also truly believe that our world is better now than it has ever been. I’m amazed by some beautiful minds, by the creativity and intelligence of the human kind. So it’s in the human kind that I put my hope and my expectations for tomorrow! TECHNICAL INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- Original C-print on FUJI Paper signed and number on the recto by the artist. Edition of 4. Each print is unique on it's size. Print offered here : 60x90 cm The print is coming with a Hahnemühle certificate of authenticity.

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Photography:C-type on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:4

Size:35.4 W x 23.6 H x 0 D in

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Idan Wizen is a French-Israeli artist living in Paris. Graduated in 2008 from the London University of the Arts, he turned to visual art that was both humanistic and committed. While Idan challenged himself by creating art working with regular people, most of which have never done a professional photoshoot, his artistic direction and the lighting composition realize a dreamlike image with a unique atmosphere yet it remains ultra-realistic. His various projects have the commonality of his unwavering desire to make the spectator ponder; a push for them to understand the real message and see beyond what the machine is feeding them.

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