Absorbés par le temps - 4, 2018

by Clara Cena

Photography : pigment ink, Water 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

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Numbered and limited to 5 copies

4 copies available

Signature

Signed artwork

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery

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Medium

Photography: pigment ink, Water

Dimensions cm inch

23.6 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Tags

Landscape

Antarctica

Forest

Winter

Snow

Rural landscape

Trees

Beige

Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: France

Serial approach: "Absorbed by time" These are the things, the people, that I observe, the people who run everywhere, who buy with bulimia what we make them dangle like the quest for a hopelessly meaningless happiness . It is time that points to the emptiness of our life. The series "Absorbed by time" is in parallel with "the flight of time". Here, in a bluish, cold atmosphere, there are only trees, witnesses escaping the weight of time. They are, that's all, unlike our little lost souls. On some images we can see a bench, a chair, even a wheel in the distance, witnesses of humanity. But a chair only has meaning what humans give it, and yet the concept of a chair's "death" does not exist. In the absence, it is our extreme fragility that touches me to the extreme.
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Clara Cena, Absorbés par le temps - 4
Clara Cena

Clara Cena

France  • 1958

Steps. Painting has a major influence on my photographic work, in particular painters such as Hopper, Peter Klasen, or Dali have led me to an intellectual and plastic reflection concerning the evolution of my photos. The sometimes saturated colors, the play of light, the contrasts, the use of black and white, the staging, create a dreamlike atmosphere that wants to provoke emotion, confusion by calling the viewer to question his own dreams, fantasies, fears, or frustrations. It is through self-knowledge that Man can hope to access his truth. The essential question that arises is the questioning of objectivity. To sum up, I would say that only our mind builds its own truth. Each photograph is no longer just a simple shot, it is a symbolic story, conceived and reflected. The two recurring themes in the theme of my work are the existential loneliness of Man, but also his quest which could give meaning to life. Biography Very young, I practice painting, colors fascinate me, I use gouache, watercolor, acrylic ... I enroll in two different plastic arts schools. I worked on various supports. It was when I discovered the photographer Man Ray that I decided to approach photography, captivated by the work of this great artist. Regarding my training, it is a professional photographer who taught me the essentials. I started with film that I used for several years, it seemed essential to me to understand this discipline, before going digital.


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