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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Photography,
Digital Photography
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 43.3in, Width 28.7in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Photographs under $5,000 Conceptual Art Vanity
“Vanitas vanitatum et omnia vanitas” ( latin translation of the Hebrew “hèvel havalim” from the Qohèlet) is the famous phrase taken from the Ecclesiaste, a sapiential book of the Bible . It expresses the feeling of powerlessness in the face of the impermanence of things; it is the recognition in death of the defeat of all our earthly endeavors.
It is a warning to the ephemeral condition of existence, in synthesis expressed by the historical sentence “memento mori”.
This famous warning to the transience of the existence, ended up being symbolized by the human skull over the centuries.
Nowadays the representation of a human skull, from a tattoo to a worldwide known artwork, it’s simply something cool, trendy, no longer worthy of its significance. It’s the expression, once again, that everything - symbols included - is nothing but vanity.
For in our age no one seems to care much about the essence of existence, maybe we can only allow ourselves to be kidnapped by the inexorable, tragic and beautiful dance of life with the hope of bringing a bit of happiness and joy into it by surrendering to the transience of forms, just like in a “danse macabre”.
Printed with archival fine art pigment-based ink, on fine art photographic paper Hahnemühle Museum Etching 350g, with a matt finish.
It comes with a certificate issued by the printing LAB and signed by me.
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Salvatore Balice, painter and photographer, was born in Bari, capital of the Puglia region, in southern Italy. A self-taught artist, he has a background in architectural interior design.
All his works go beyond the mere phenomenal and earthly character of expression. They are the fruit of an individual research that he has been carrying out for more than twenty years, where the direct intuition of the thing itself, of its essence, is his only path. Like a hollow bamboo inside, it creates a space in itself to listen to what resonates without the crushing noise of the voice of the tumult, to no longer visit but to be visited, notably by silence... Salvatore Balice s' interested in the aura of the image, in the impermanence of the structure.
Born in 1967, he lives and works in Bari, Italy. It is in this city that he finds his inspiration and brings his artistic works to life, exploring the multiple dimensions of painting and photography. His self-taught journey allows him to express his personal vision of the world through unique compositions, where the sensation of the ephemeral and the search for essence mingle harmoniously.
- Nationality: ITALY
- Date of birth : 1967
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Italian Artists