Silent Cry Digital Arts by Andrea Antolini

Fine art paper, 8x12 in
  • This work is an "Open Edition" Digital Arts, Giclée Print / Digital Print
  • Dimensions Several sizes available
  • Several supports available (Fine art paper, Metal Print, Canvas Print)
  • Framing Framing available (Floating Frame + Under Glass, Frame + Under Acrylic Glass)
The origin of this artwork is a photo taken in Hiroshima, showing the Atomic Bomb Dome - the ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall - which remained after the blast of the atomic bomb. The camera I used for taking the photo is a Nikon F-301. The original photo was taken as a slide in colour. However, due to the dark clouds[...]
The origin of this artwork is a photo taken in Hiroshima, showing the Atomic Bomb Dome - the ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall - which remained after the blast of the atomic bomb. The camera I used for taking the photo is a Nikon F-301.
The original photo was taken as a slide in colour. However, due to the dark clouds and the grey of the winter day at the time I took the photo, the original colours turned out to be basically monochrome. After having digitalised the original photo slide, I modified the slide by using a photo-editing programme.
Given the composition of the original photo with the ruins of the building and the trees in front of it in black and the grey clouds, the photo gives the impression of tree branches rising like skeleton arms, hands and fingers into the grey sky in front of the black silhouette of the ruin.
By manipulating the originally nearly monochrome coloured photo slide and by modifying it in red, black and grey colours this artwork intends to visualise the incomprehensibility of what happened in this place. The inexpressible emotions that are evoked in the viewer should also be underlined by the title "Silent Cry".
This is the first artwork in my project series "Views on Japan".

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My mostly acrylic paintings feature sceneries of landscapes, seascapes and floral motives of the real world in a figurative, realistic style, with a tendency for simplification. Being outside in nature is a[...]

My mostly acrylic paintings feature sceneries of landscapes, seascapes and floral motives of the real world in a figurative, realistic style, with a tendency for simplification. Being outside in nature is a great source of inspiration, and the photos taken during trips are the basics that I transform into paintings in my studio. Impressionists, in particular Claude Monet, but also Post-Impressionists are inspiring me most. The main element that continues to inspire me in impressionist painting is the effect of the sunlight on landscapes. I have a passion for the colour blue in all its possible facets and shades. It is a fundamental element of the composition in almost all of my paintings.

The other source of inspiration I found during my years of studying Japanese studies in Germany and Japan. I encountered the works of ukiyo-e masters and I particularly adore Hokusai's and Hiroshige's works for the clarity in which they both depict the landscapes. Both gave me the inspiration for creating my own edition of views on Japan. This is a mid-term project, which I have recently started and I have a strong determination to push it forward in the years to come. The first artwork out of this series in which I intend to use also different media, materials and techniques, including photos, which I digitally modify, is "silent cry".

The main objective of my artworks is to inspire the viewers to immerse into the light and atmosphere of a scenery, captured in a very special moment.

In April 2016, I won a Special Recognition Award for my painting "Sunset in Sa Rapita Bay" in the Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's 6th Annual “Landscapes” Art Competition in the Painting & Other Category. The Light Space & Time Online Art Gallery's Competition comprised of 738 entries from 28 countries & 37 states.
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