Loving Earth - PBF01 / Ilan Weiss
18 November 2016 - 18 January 2017
“An image, in order to move us, must never merely remind us of life, but must acquire a life of its own. Precisely in order to reflect life.” (Lucien Freud, Some Thoughts on Painting, 1954)
Between 2013 and 2015, Mexican visual artist Ilan Weiss, together with his sister writer Yaël Weiss has traveled to desolate areas worldwide. Ilan gathered a series of images from the experience, but when he printed the photographs, he found himself frustrated by the dullness of the paper print. He felt it did not translate enough of the powerful feeling he got when taking a photograph. For this reason, Ilan spent all his free time last year experimenting in his studio with new printing techniques that would give back to the photographs the spiritual strength and energy he felt when taking the pictures. This is the first time Ilan exhibits his findings. They include prints in different materials that reflect light, reveal a different intensity of colors, or become photographic sculptures.
