Almudena Romero Hibiscus hand Studies on my grandma’s garden 2022 Photography printed on Hibiscus leaf Casted in bio resin fossil Unique Ø 25 cm Courtesy of TOBE Gallery
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Studies on my grandma’s garden
18/10/2022 - 26/11/2022
Tobe Gallery
Bródy Sándor u. 36
1088 Budapest
www.tobegallery.hu
Studies On My Grandma's Garden series of photographic artworks are the result of Almudena's years-long research on photographic processes naturally occurring in leaves and flowers such as photobleaching and photosynthesis.
Using her grandma's garden as a research and production centre, Almudena identified thirty different plants and flowers in the garden to create photographic artwork, and to develop a scientific, artistic, philosophical and intimate reflection on photography, legacy and sustainability.
These plant-photographs fossilised in bio-resin refer to an aesthetic of fragility and disappearance that explores the intangible legacy of Almudena's grandmother on her but also the use of photographic art for self-expression rather than for documentation and archiving purposes.
The artworks explore questions on production and legacy, which are central to the current environmental crisis, as well as central to the art industry.
Studies On My Grandma's Garden photographic prints are made by the bleaching action of sunlight on the chlorophyll pigments of a plant leaf. The pigments are bleached to various degrees rendering a photographic print on a monochrome green-scale. The process doesn’t require any additional chemistry or inks.
These leaf prints depict images of Almudena's hand gestures while producing artwork. Each leaf's unique chemistry renders a print with different tonalities and contrast, making the image printed on the leaf sometimes more visible and other times more imperceptible, as such is the often invisible feminine labour that goes into growing families and gardens.
Almudena Romero (b. in Madrid in 1986) is a British/Spanish visual artist based in London and Valencia. Her practice uses photographic processes to reflect on issues relating to identity, representation and ideology. Romero’s works focus on how perception affects existence and how photography contributes to organising perception.
18/10/2022 - 26/11/2022
Tobe Gallery
Bródy Sándor u. 36
1088 Budapest
www.tobegallery.hu
Studies On My Grandma's Garden series of photographic artworks are the result of Almudena's years-long research on photographic processes naturally occurring in leaves and flowers such as photobleaching and photosynthesis.
Using her grandma's garden as a research and production centre, Almudena identified thirty different plants and flowers in the garden to create photographic artwork, and to develop a scientific, artistic, philosophical and intimate reflection on photography, legacy and sustainability.
These plant-photographs fossilised in bio-resin refer to an aesthetic of fragility and disappearance that explores the intangible legacy of Almudena's grandmother on her but also the use of photographic art for self-expression rather than for documentation and archiving purposes.
The artworks explore questions on production and legacy, which are central to the current environmental crisis, as well as central to the art industry.
Studies On My Grandma's Garden photographic prints are made by the bleaching action of sunlight on the chlorophyll pigments of a plant leaf. The pigments are bleached to various degrees rendering a photographic print on a monochrome green-scale. The process doesn’t require any additional chemistry or inks.
These leaf prints depict images of Almudena's hand gestures while producing artwork. Each leaf's unique chemistry renders a print with different tonalities and contrast, making the image printed on the leaf sometimes more visible and other times more imperceptible, as such is the often invisible feminine labour that goes into growing families and gardens.
Almudena Romero (b. in Madrid in 1986) is a British/Spanish visual artist based in London and Valencia. Her practice uses photographic processes to reflect on issues relating to identity, representation and ideology. Romero’s works focus on how perception affects existence and how photography contributes to organising perception.