Sonia Mangiapane - #5, from the series Faux Topographies, 2019
Inkjet print based on a luminogram
Framed in a white wooden frame with artglass
Print size: 17,8 x 12,7 cm, frame size: 27,4 x 22,4 cm
Edition of 100+3AP
Signed and numbered on a separate label
NOTE: first works will be ready for pick up or delivery in week 15.
ABOUT THIS WORK
"The series Faux Topographies emerged from a period of experimentation in the colour darkroom during which I became increasingly fascinated by the potential of cameraless light-based processes to reference and simulate the Natural landscape. Faux Topographies consists of abstract luminograms and photograms, presented alongside more traditional representational photographs, facilitating a dialogue between our real and imagined concepts of the Natural world."
Sonia Mangiapane
The maker of a luminogram builds his image by the mere manipulation of light, without interference from lens or object. It varies the strength of the light, filters it or moves the light-sensitive support during exposure. A photogram is created by placing an object directly on a light-sensitive carrier and exposing it.
ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Sonia Mangiapane is a photomedia artist working with processes defined primarily by their interaction with light, as opposed to the exclusive use of the camera. Employing a range of camera-based and cameraless methods her practice takes the form of photographic prints, cameraless or hybrid works on paper, moving image works and other light-based interventions. Themes such as the tourist gaze, nature and notions of photographic time are the focus of her work.
Mangiapane's approach is discursive, process-oriented and experimental. The colour darkroom, in particular, is a core site of her practice. It’s a space in which she makes, rather than takes a photograph; pushing the boundaries of the photographic by undertaking conceptual and technical approaches which diverge from the photographic snapshot.
At the heart of her artistic research is an interest in probing (expanding, challenging, unveiling, disrupting, revealing) the construction of the photographic image—both the performative aspect of taking photographs, as well as the process of making (through optics, apparatus and technique).
Sonia Mangiapane was born and raised on unceded Wurundjeri country in Australia, and is the daughter of Italian immigrants. She currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia. She graduated from the Piet Zwart Institute in 2020.
ABOUT THE FIRST EDITIONS
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This set of Sonia Mangiapane is exclusively for sale at Foam Editions for a limited period of time, until the beginning of June 2025.
ABOUT BUYING THIS WORK
The framed print will be carefully wrapped and send as an insured package. You will receive an e-mail with a Track & Trace code when the package is on its way. The work will soon be on display at Foam Editions, the gallery on the third floor of Foam Fotografiemuseum.
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