Barbara Ghidini
VISUAL ARTIST
RELITTI LUMINOSI
2024 – Luminous Wrecks
Chemigrams: Experimental analog photography on silver gelatin paper
Edition: Limited edition of 7 + 2 artist proofs
Fine art pigment print on cotton paper 30X40
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These images operate on the boundary between abstraction and physical sedimentation: the photographic emulsion becomes living matter, where colour and decomposition generate almost archetypal forms.
Gold, oxidised red and black evoke processes of combustion and rebirth, suggesting a visual language close to informal painting or the alchemy of metals.
A spontaneous chemical landscape where light and matter dissolve into each other.
Gold, oxidised red and black evoke processes of combustion and rebirth, suggesting a visual language close to informal painting or the alchemy of metals.
A spontaneous chemical landscape where light and matter dissolve into each other.
The image captures the unpredictable beauty of oxidation, sediment, and time — an inner topography born from alchemical transformation.
Part of an ongoing exploration into the autonomy of photographic materials.
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