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Silvio Wolf's work is featured in The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (Aperture, 2009). In his series of analog C-prints, Horizons, he has used the unexposed ends of film rolls as negatives. The resulting images of dramatic contrasting color are intended to stand alone even as they suggest a range of visual and metaphoric associations. As the artist states, "The Horizons series is based on parts of the photographic film leaders, self-exposed by light while loading a camera. Light radiation acts directly onto the photosensitive material before any pictures are taken and without the intention of the photographer. The Horizons are created from discarded materials of the photochemical process. They are actual artist’s appropriations. Each Horizon reveals a threshold, the clear limit between light and darkness, between matter and language." Aperture is pleased to offer this very special limited-edition photograph to its collecting audience. Each piece is mounted to Dibond and front mounted to Plexiglas with a cleat system, and is ready to hang. This is a unique opportunity to collect the work of this important and innovative artist—one of Italy's entries into the 2009 Venice Biennale. Silvio Wolf was born in Milan in 1952, where he lives and works. He studied Philosophy and Psychology in Italy and Photography and Visual Arts in London, where he received the Higher Diploma in Advanced Photography at the London College of Printing. From 1977 to 1987 he used photography to explore the laws, language and two-dimensional nature of the image. His work has moved in directions different from those of tradition, which favoured the documentary and narrative value of the photographic image. Instead, he has pursued a more subjective, metaphorical view of reality. In this period he made polyptychs and large-format works which have been shown in Italy and abroad, including Aktuell ‘83 in Munich and Documenta VIII, in 1987, in Kassel. From the end of the 1980s to the present he has gradually introduced new languages in his work, using video, still projections, light and sound, either individually or in combinations. He has created temporary and permanent installations in galleries, museums and public spaces in Belgium, Canada, England, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Spain, Switzerland and the United States. He teaches Photography at the School of Visual Arts of the European Institute of Design in Milan, and is Visiting Professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York. |
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