'Medea' by Lara Domeneghetti & Silvia De Giorgi

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By Signature Art Prize 2019/20
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

30 × 25 × 3 cm

Materials:

Liquid photographic emulsion on glass plates, subsequently guilded with 22ct gold leaf

Primary Medium:

Photography

Small
2019
Ready to display
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About the artists: Lara Domeneghetti is an Italian artist (born 1992) who lives and works in London and South Tyrol (IT). She graduated from Camberwell College of Arts (London) in 2017 with an MA in Visual Arts and recently gained a postgraduate diploma in Historic Woodcarving and Gilding from City & Guilds London Art School. She has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarship including The Honourable Society of Knights of the Round Table Award, The Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers Award, The Worshipful Company of Carpenters Award and Girnling Gibbons Wood Carving Scholarship. 'Medea' is a project that has been realized in collaboration with Silvia De Giorgi. The frequent collaboration between the two artists takes its starting point from their shared interest in the rich folk heritage of their native region in the Italian Alps and their fascination for anthropology of religion and archaeology. Reflecting on the idea of a modern world in constant flux and change, their work often relates to myths and rites connected to shape-shifting, metamorphosis and transformation. By referring to the human ability to adapt to the changing needs and ever-shifting environments delineated in stories of the past they aim to interrogate how these notions might be read and interpreted in the world of today. About the work: 'Medea' is a portrait study that dissects a single image shot on an analogue camera in a series of nuanced in-between moments. This work originated from a photographic negative, that was processed in the darkroom and repeatedly printed on glass plates using liquid photographic emulsion. The pieces created in this procedure, which are often blurred and distorted in the process, reflect on the passage of time and the constant flux of thoughts and emotions. The title of the work references the mythical figure of Medea, a controversial character from Greek classical tragedy. Originally described as a sorceress that drew her powers from the Sun she is here referred to as a metaphor for change and transformation and the myriads of possibilities captured in a brief and fleeting instant. The price of the work is £1,200 per piece ( per single photograph) and £9,600 for the entire series. All photographs have a wooden black frame of 1 cm and are ready to hang.

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