Ludovica Bastianini / The Cruelty of Grace

The Cruelty of Grace

With this work I created a poetics of the house, of dead objects, historical memories and feelings connected to them. I transformed old fabrics, clothes, doilies and threads, combining them with found ancient photos. Traveling back in time, both with the concept and with the materials used, I imagined photographic objects full of local tradition, from which an uncomfortable contrast emerges: sewing needles, fabrics, broken glass and other household objects create wounds, fractures, tears, they show a subtle cruelty hidden behind feminine grace: a forced, imposed grace which has the flavour of imprisonment.

Ludovica Bastianini is an Italian Photographer working with photography and mixed media.

In 2017 she was selected among the emerging talents of Circulation(s) – Festival de la Jeune Photographie Européenne, on show at the Centquatre – Paris. Since then, her works have been exhibited, awarded or shortlisted by many International Festivals and Prizes dedicated to emerging photographers.

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12.09.2024, 19:30

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