Tucson, AZ
Top: Universi - Dreams of Salt #1, 2007, $750
Bottom: Universi - Dreams of Salt #2, 2007, $550
Manipulated gelatin silver prints, beeswax, resin
Image size: Total size of 8.5x11.5 inches circa
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Universi is an ongoing series of manipulated gelatin silver prints, started in 2000.
Captured with a plastic medium-format camera, the Holga, the images are printed as gelatin silver prints which undergo an arbitrary process of toning, bleaching, etching, and painting: this renders each print unique.
Such random and unmethodical treatment, paired by the Holga’s inherent power for subtle abstraction and mishaps, contribute to the creation of these micro cosmos, scattered bubbles of history, traces of memory, self-contained universes of experience, mementos of an interaction with a place, with ourselves, with each other and with the baggage that comes with being human. In them, I often use myself as a vehicle to represent human experience.
The intent is to capture the sublime qualities of a place and to bring them home in the most sensual manner I am able to concoct. The work demands to be touched, felt, smelled. In an installation, the works are hung to the wall naked and free: they form serendipitous visual narratives.
Wooden boxes contain prints in random sizes and order, and invite the viewer to direct interaction.The pure beeswax they are coated with encases and protects them, solidifies and preserves them. It perfumes them as well. The use of photographic, household and natural substances wants to reference human environmental practices (i.e. pollution, exploitation, exploration, subsistence).Artist Biography
Hailing from Milan, Italy, Rosanna receives a BFA in Fine Art Photography and a BA in Art History from the University of Arizona, Tucson, in 2000. Her works have been exhibited and published in the US, Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, the UK, and Japan. They can be found in the permanent collections of institutions such as the Museum of Fine Art in Houston, The University of Arizona Special Collections, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, and the International Center of Photography in Verona, Italy.
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