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#12

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Limited edition of examples:
80x80 cm – 15 pcs
100x100 cm – 1 pcs + 1 AP

Photopaper: Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, 325gsm
Ink: Epson UltraChrome K3

Size of print:
100x100 cm for image 80x80 cm (10 cm white margin)
110x110 cm for image 100x100 cm (5 cm white margin)

FRENCH CHARM #1
SKU
V05.12
In stock

The subject of this photo is the meeting of the past with the present and the future. I combined a famous copy of the ancient Glory sculpture with a giant Ferris wheel and a dove perched on Pegasus' head to pose for me. They suddenly turned into an interesting collage, which received new colors and new meaning. Due to the perspective, the rider has a giant halo around her head, which makes her look like a distant cousin to the American Liberty statue. The petals of the base of the Ferris wheel enhance the analogy with the famous spikes you can see on the crown of the symbol of the American dream. This hint has its own history, it was Eiffel and his collaborators who helped to create the Statue of Liberty, so there are enough manifestations of the purely French spirit in its designs.

Only if you look closely can you notice a pigeon perched on Pegasus’ head. This living gray bird becomes part of the fiery sculpture and gives new meaning to the message of the rider on Pegasus. They give a rise to new reflections on the bizarre combination of the fates of works of art designed to last for several centuries. Or, how strange a meeting of the past and the present can be, and how unusual the future can become.

© VarrIng

Reference:

In the photo, you can see part of the Glory composition: it is a soft-bodied, baroque woman rider on Pegasus who foretells all sorts of good things to King Louis XIV, whose court sculptor was Antoine Quazevox, the author of this work. The traditional decoration of the Tuileries Garden is only a copy, because the original is stored in a museum in the Louvre.

Collection name: FRENCH CHARM #1 (2012-2014) - 14
Artwork name: #12

Print:
Photopaper: Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta, 325gsm
Ink: Epson UltraChrome K3
Size of print:
100x100 cm for image 80x80 cm (10 cm white margin)
110x110 cm for image 100x100 cm (5 cm white margin)

Custom Frame:
External dimensions of frame:
103x103 cm for image 80x80 cm
123x123 cm for image 100x100 cm
Frame: wood, profile 2х3,2 cm, white
Passe-partout: 100% cotton, acid-free, thickness 3 mm
Back: fibreboard + acid-free passe-partout insert
Glass:
*UltraVue® UV70 Glass by Tru Vue or Artglass AR 70™ by Groglass®:
Anti-reflective (<1%) glass with UV-protection 70%, no color distortion (transmission >99%), thickness 2 mm
or
Acrylic glass, thickness 2 mm

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