Monica Silva
Jelly Fish
2019

About the Item

JELLY FISH 2019 From “The Transience of life” project CM 120X90 Print run 9+2PA Digital Photography Fine Art Print on Canson Infinity Platine Photo Rag , Epson UltraChrome K3 ink, plexiglass on alluminium dbond 3mm Each limited edition original photograph is printed in Italy under artist supervision in strictly limited edition, signed and certificated by the artist More sizes: CM 80x60 Print run 9+2PA (plexiglass on alluminium dbond 3mm) CM 40X30 Print run 11+2PA (unframed, in design folder) The greek philosopher Seneca says: “We don't have a short time, but we have lost a lot of it”. The world we live in makes us see as main priorities, as wealth, power, sparkling life, and beauty. Even photography is listed in the canons dictated by this society's rules which address us to the unknown. The images of this project, on the other hand, put us in front of a crossroad, with the free choice of looking at life that slowly goes away, through a decaying radish or a 'Swaroskian' fish that unconsciously shows its fragility: " life will go where it started and will not change or stop its course; it will make no noise, it will leave no trace of its speed: it will flow silently; it will not extend further either by order of kings or for the favour of the people: it will run as it started from the first day, it will never change its course, it will never linger." The biggest obstacle to living is the waiting, which depends on tomorrow, (but) it misses today. Arrange what is placed in the lap of fate and neglect what is in your power. The images of this project invite us to observe life vanish in a poetic, reflective way, using as a filter what we daily put under our teeth: salads, fruit, spices, meat, fish and so on, in harmonious and ironic, reflective and raw compositions. They are a game of seduction through which I would like to push the viewer to go beyond the immediate visual perception, to try to grasp through the elegant references of a nostalgic eye, that beauty which, even fading, it still retains in its decay, that sense of a fragile embrace before leaving for new horizons.

Creator:

Monica Silva (1965, Brazilian)

Creation Year:

2019

Dimensions:

Height: 47.25 in (120 cm)Width: 35.44 in (90 cm)Depth: 1.11 in (2.8 cm)

More Editions & Sizes:

40x30Price: $2,26180x60Price: $4,239

Medium:

Digital,Plexiglass,Digital Pigment

Movement & Style:

Contemporary