INTROSPECTION (2023)

DETAILS:
- LIMITED OVERSIZE EDITION 1 OF 1
– SIGNED
– COMES WITH NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

DIGITAL PRINT ON MIRRORED ALUMINUM PANEL

92,5 CM X 130,8 CM (36.43 X 51.49 INCHES)

INTROSPECTION FOLLOWS THE RESEARCH ON THE BUILT BODY THAT BEGAN IN 2022 WITH THE PROJECT HYPER KALOKAGATHIA.

BODYBUILDING BEGAN TO TAKE ON ITS CURRENT CONNOTATIONS FROM THE END OF THE 19TH CENTURY IN EUROPE, AND IS NOW AN INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON WITH WORLDWIDE COMPETITIONS. HAVING WORKED CLOSELY WITH BODYBUILDERS AND HAVING ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE RELATIONSHIP ONE HAS WITH ONE'S OWN BODY, DAGANI RÍO WAS FASCINATED BY THE REASONS BEHIND THEIR DESIRE TO CREATE A NEW VERSION OF THEMSELVES – CLOSER TO THEIR IDEAL SELF-IMAGE – AND THE IDEA OF A LIFELONG PROJECT TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING, AS ARTISTS DO TOWARDS THE CONTINUOUS EVOLUTION OF THEIR PRACTICE TO ACHIEVE SOMETHING NEW AND DIFFERENT EACH TIME.

DAGANI RÍO BELIEVES THAT PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO TAKE UP THIS PRACTICE HAVE A LOT TO SAY THROUGH THEIR BODYBUILDING, IT IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF ONESELF IN BOTH AN ALLEGORICAL AND PHYSICAL SENSE. THIS PROJECT WANTS TO CELEBRATE A DISCIPLINE THAT INDICATES INDIVIDUALITY AND GOES AGAINST NORMALITY, BUT ABOVE ALL IT WANTS TO CAPTURE THAT INTIMATE MOMENT WHEN THE PROTAGONISTS LOOK INSIDE THEMSELVES, BOTH PSYCHOLOGICALLY AND PHYSICALLY.

THE IMAGE IS PART OF A SERIES OF FIVE. THE SERIES CONSISTS OF FIVE SELECTED IMAGES PRINTED ON MIRRORED ALUMINUM PANELS. THIS MATERIAL REFLECTS LIGHT AND IS REMINISCENT OF THE OIL THAT BODYBUILDERS USE DURING COMPETITIONS TO BRING OUT THEIR MUSCLES.

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