Alessandra Sormani

33

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33 is a collection of works including a series of oil paintings based on photographs. The title 33 was the age when Alessandra began painting the series, which together forms a fragmented autobiography of the previous two years of her life. The story begins with lost data from a wedding she was hired to photograph and unfolds with her journey as a photographer moving away from the digital medium. The story ends with the remaining charger from her laptop, stolen from her at the exhibition.

Broken memory card, 2015. CompactFlash card, framed, 25 × 25 cm

Data Recovery Results, 2015. Inkjet-printed email on paper, framed, 24 × 32 cm

Wedding Bouquet, 2015. Dried flowers in perspex case, 30 × 30 × 30 cm

Wedding Bouquet, 2015. HD video. 4 minutes 23 seconds

Dead Ends, 2014. Hair, paper bag, text, 24 × 30 cm

Going Somewhere , 2014 (collaboration with Stephan Takkides). Web-based
Giclee prints available to order through website, each single edition, 25 × 20 cm

Going Somewhere developed during Alessandra’s journeys across Britain over four years (2010 to 2014). With the road as her constant, the photographs chart the variables of automobiles, registration plates, road works, road bridges, traffic, pedestrians, cyclists, houses, warehouses, weather and nature.

View the project here.

Going Somewhere, 2015.

Going Nowhere, 2015. Barrow Hospital. Barrow Gurney, Somerset

Now Here, 2015. Clevedon, North Somerset

Going Somewhere, 2015. Giclee print, edition of 11, 42 × 30 cm
Going Nowhere, 2015. Giclee print, edition of 11, 42 × 30 cm
Now Here, 2015. Giclee print, edition of 11, 42 × 30 cm

Going Somewhere, 2016. Oil on linen, 150 × 120 cm

Going Nowhere, 2016. Oil on linen, 100 × 150 cm

Now Here, 2016. Oil on linen, 170 × 110 cm

Charger, 2017. Magsafe power adapter and plug.  8cm × 8cm

jeannieavent gallery

East Dulwich, London

19 – 31 January 2017