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Collection:UAL Art Collection
Date: 2015
Artist: Giovanna Petrocchi
Dimensions:
22 x 24 cm
Medium: Photograph
Object number: UAC 854
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DescriptionGiovanna Petrocchi studied BA Photography at London College of Communication.
This work aims to challenge the ordinary notion of photography and go beyond to what photography in a sense imposes us. Giovanna’s purpose is to stimulate the viewers’ imagination through the camouflage of the photograph which she often blends with other art forms. While investigating the history of art and visual reproduction, the artist aims to emphasize the aesthetic quality of the image as well as its seductiveness. She is interested in the imagined and the unsaid, the poetic and the unseen. The use of collage enables her to create surreal assemblages that contradict our understanding of what elements or images may be brought together. By juxtaposing realities and creating unexpected associations, the work becomes a collection of fragments, allowing the viewer to invent and construct their own stories. Giovanna’s working method is often determined by the subject even though both nature and the combination of painting with photography are central to her oeuvre.
This work aims to challenge the ordinary notion of photography and go beyond to what photography in a sense imposes us. Giovanna’s purpose is to stimulate the viewers’ imagination through the camouflage of the photograph which she often blends with other art forms. While investigating the history of art and visual reproduction, the artist aims to emphasize the aesthetic quality of the image as well as its seductiveness. She is interested in the imagined and the unsaid, the poetic and the unseen. The use of collage enables her to create surreal assemblages that contradict our understanding of what elements or images may be brought together. By juxtaposing realities and creating unexpected associations, the work becomes a collection of fragments, allowing the viewer to invent and construct their own stories. Giovanna’s working method is often determined by the subject even though both nature and the combination of painting with photography are central to her oeuvre.