BLOW UP by ARIEL SOULE
In the traditional photographic technique, observing a negative in transparency shows an almost unrecognizable, inverted image that creates a special effect of mystery.
As we develop the positive, a form begins to emerge between the acids and the surface of the sensitive paper, slowly appearing, holding our breath until it is fully revealed. Chemistry then becomes alchemy, bringing to life not only what the negative contained, but more importantly the idea from which it started, going beyond the surface.
Il dubbio Ingrid Strain fotografia su Alubond 2023 - 180x140cm
Il dubbio Ariel Soulé olio su tela 2022 - 180x143cm
Teorema Ariel Soulé olio e acrilico su tela 2023 - 180x150cm
Almach Art Gallery è lieta di essere il luogo in cui Ariel Soulé ha deciso di presentare il suo nuovo progetto. La galleria vuole infatti essere, come sempre e ancor più, uno spazio per dar voce, con alto volume e intensità, ad ogni vera e genuina espressione d’arte.
Adonis and Tempo Ingrid Strain photograph on Alubond 2023 - 180x140cm
Adonis and Tempo Ariel Soulé oil on canvas 2023 - 180x140cm
This is the cue that from Julio Cortázar's book "The Devil's Burr" inspired Michelangelo Antonioni in his 1966 film, Blow Up.
Ariel Soulé takes the title, but immediately separates himself from it in order to freely express his work based on the concept that reality is almost never what we see.
In his studio, for long months, Soulé took images with his mind that were not completely abstract, but magically conceptual. Having selected the best ones, he began to produce on large canvases his "negatives," that is, he "impressed" surfaces with shapes, lines and colors that brought otherwise intangible energies and thoughts into the sphere of the visibly perceptible.
Within the exhibition six large-scale works are placed side by side with six equally sized photographs, creating a dialogue between the two artistic techniques.
Photographer Ingrid Strain's work is aimed at the "positive" interpretation of the paintings; the non-visible side of the works is revealed by the photographs with the same effect of magical awe as negative film development.
As happens in the development of photographs in the transition from negative to positive, Ingrid Strain's works allow Ariel Soulé's works to evolve in a realistic way.
The dialectical relationship between abstract art and photography brings the viewer closer to a deeper understanding of the artwork. However, the artist allows some of the images and concepts in his paintings to remain veiled, so that the viewer is free to find his own, personal key to understanding what the canvases want to communicate
Last Eden Ingrid Strain photograph on Alubond 2023 - 180x140cm
Last Eden Ariel Soulé oil on canvas 2023 - 180x140cm
Decoding Codex V Ingrid Strain fotografia su Alubond 2023 - 180x140cm
Decoding Codex V Ariel Soulé oil on canvas 2023 - 180x150cm
Almach Art Gallery è lieta di essere il luogo in cui Ariel Soulé ha deciso di presentare il suo nuovo progetto. La galleria vuole infatti essere, come sempre e ancor più, uno spazio per dar voce, con alto volume e intensità, ad ogni vera e genuina espressione d’arte.
Pierre Menard in the mirror Ingrid Strain photograph on Alubond 2023 - 180x140cm
Pierre Menard in the mirror Ariel Soulé oil on canvas 2023 - 180x150cm
