Strata of Life (1/5)

Item

Title
Strata of Life (1/5)
Format
en JPG
60cm X 70cm
Date
2021
Description
Artwork created and submitted in the context of the ECHO II project which was dedicated to inviting artists in residence to create original artworks, inspired by selected local traditions
Location
Sofia
Webpage of digital resource presentation
https://echo-heritage.eu/myomekas/s/repository/item/1520
Preview image URL
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Original digital file
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Type EDM
en Image
Rights EDM
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.en CC BY-SA 4.14
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Language
English
Creator
Marcella Papp
Publisher
Inter Alia
Rights Holder
Marcella Papp
Medium
canvas board
Digitisation equipment
Equipment used: Cameras: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 6D | Camera Type: DSLR | Lenses: Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM. Image processing software: Adobe Photoshop 22.4 (Windows). Digitisation of artwork: Panagiotis Diapoulis
Bibliographic Citation
“Strata of Life (1/5)”. 2021. Artist: Marcella Papp. Source: https://echo-heritage.eu/myomekas/s/repository/item/1520. License: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Statement of Responsibility
The art residency has been co-funded by the European Union and is part of the project ECHO II - Traditions in Transition, Creative Europe Programme. The artwork was produced with the financial support of the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of its creators and do not necessarily reflect the views of the European Union.
Abstract
"There are three important strata in life: the physical stratum, the psychic stratum and the spiritual stratum. With this series of artworks, I wanted to show mostly the levels of the spiritual stratum." Marcella Papp
“Strata of Life” is a series of five digital photo collages. The human figure is the central image in all of them. These are the figures of socialist sculptures like those that can still be seen in public places in Sofia, but also the figures of people who have become an element of the environment, of the bigger picture of the modern city. In these colourful collages, composed in the center of white canvases, the artist portrays her vision of the three layers of human life -physical, psychological and spiritual- which outline the parameters of human existence.