CROSSOVER ARTISTIC PROJECT FROM SWITZERLAND
EGOS project
EGOS
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PHOTOGRAPHY AND PAINTING COOPERATE IN ORDER TO CREATE A SINGLE AND UNIQUE IMAGE
FIRST EXHIBITION IN LUGANO FROM FEBRUARY 9TH TO 22TH + LES MÉPRIS DES NUAGES DJ SET
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SALVATORE VITALE PAINTING BY JACK MARTIN
ABOUT - METHOD - BEFORE AND AFTER - EXHIBITION - CONTACTS
about Egos comes from the wish to create a project which can play a link role between photography and painting in an experimental way, but at the same time idealistic, with a strong conceptual approach which becomes the creation process’ milestone. The selection of two very different artistic forms which have in common the nature of being image, creates an interesting overall view and a working method which is highly involved with the creator’s artistic attitude. It acts on collaboration and a shared and shareable modus operandi.
Egos is an artistic crossover. Photography and painting are put together in order to create a very topical conceptual vision, never anachronistic. Photography represents the everyone’s unique Ego. Painting acts like mutation, exasperation of usual external events that change the inner universe making it stormy, in continuous evolution. Being transforms itself, takes on several features, sometimes contrasting. But it always shines through its primordial condition, trying to come out in order to mistify its being necessary and sufficient condition.
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method Because of its nature and also for definition, Egos comes from photography and reaches its apex in painting. A structured work that follows a strict method both at the level of timing and variables which made it up. The key point of the project is the wish to create it totally in form of manual art. The tangible part, in fact, is in the center and becomes an integral side of the whole work. As it is said before, Egos starts from photography. The first part of the project is to take photographic black and white portraits with a medium format camera.
This choice has been taken both in order to follow the artist’s photographic approach and the project’s conceptual one. Pictures, which are developed in dark room and computerized, are printed on canvas. These ones are painted by the painter following his artistic attitude. He makes his paintings using oil painting, synthetic paint, clothes ad scratched stuffs. The painting starts from photography, from human faces, following the personal colour tastes, being carried away by inspiration.
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before Some examples of photographies used to create the canvas. This step is the creation’s beginning.
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before As you can see, they are classic portraits. Original photographies are not manipulated at all.
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after Finished cavas examples. The process is studied in order to make the face image, which transform itself, as the center of the painting.
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after The painting process is made of different layers. Form comes from colours, actions on canvas, scratches. Abstractism versus reality’s copy.
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before EGOS_3
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after EGOS_3
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exhibition EGOS first exhibition from February, 9th 2011 in Lugano (Switzerland). The exhibition has been setted up like an event with the presence of several contributions like music and live painting. One of the principal ones was the Le MĂŠpris des Nuages (electro from Italy) dj set who mixed a track for EGOS. This one is now consider the soundtrack of the project. Another important activity was the live painting session thought in order to show the oprocess of creation.
the exhibition’s flyer.
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thanks A special thanks goes to all the people who rented their own faces. They has been the essence of the whole project. Another thanks goes to Giulia Giani, Alessandra Angelucci, Mattia Reinhardt, Federica Godenzi, Rupen Nacaroglu, Alessio Rattazzi, Cinzia Puggioni, Marco Palazzo.
Salvatore Vitale & Jack Martin
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contacts EGOS project www.egosproject.altervista.org photographer Salvatore Vitale www.kaleakte.altervista.org kaleakte@gmail.com painter Jack Martin jackmartin.goodfellas@gmail.com
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