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New York: Metaphysics of the Urban Landscape
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Description
Croppi¿s work stands out for its stark form and composition, juxtaposing solitary figures in some of the busiest and most chaotic areas of the city. Croppi himself seems to perceive the weakness of the objective world and the interior resonance that his dark tones and emptiness are capable of obtaining. The color black, so very dominant in this series, far from being a mere stylistic element, acts as a dramatic process. An estrangement is carried out by an obstinate focusing on all the particulars of the image, with the conviction, emphasized by the artist himself, that in photography the metaphysical dimension is strengthened by an extremely realistic or even a hyper-realistic language.
Faithful as always to an aesthetic which refuses traditional formalism, Croppi reaffirms this ability to grasp multiple phenomena constructed out of moments of reference to painting and literature, with a sense of applied temporality through superimposition and a collision of contrasting moments. Our concerns of the human condition are microcosms in these photographs: ghosts with elusive faces, petrified passers-by, swallowed up by shadows in a space in which they are both victims and strangers at the same time.
Product details
- Number of Pages:
- 96
- Release Date:
- 2014-09-01
- Publication Date:
- 2014-09-01
- Publisher:
- Sime Books
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 8895218698
- ISBN13:
- 9788895218694
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 1558 g
- Height:
- 327 cm
- Width:
- 355 cm
- Thickness:
- 17 cm
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