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Macarena Stipetic
Spain
Artist highlights
- Works on commission
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Artwork details
- Printing : Analogue on Canvas , Plexiglass under plexiglas
- Framing : Framed
- Dimensions : 12.6x16.5in
About this artwork
In 'SAL', I explore the metamorphosis of memory through water. This work is a unique mixed-media piece where I use the analog process of the 'Polaroid Emulsion Lift' to peel off the delicate image membrane and manually transfer it onto the canvas.
The submerged female figure symbolizes the vulnerability and fluidity of memory. By releasing the emulsion from its original support, I allow chance and matter to create organic textures, folds, and transparencies… that are impossible to replicate. It is not just a photograph; it is a physical object, a 'painted photograph' that inhabits space with a tactile and ethereal presence. With this work, I seek to make the viewer pause before the fragility of what seems about to vanish, transforming an ephemeral instant into an eternal and tangible imprint.
The submerged female figure symbolizes the vulnerability and fluidity of memory. By releasing the emulsion from its original support, I allow chance and matter to create organic textures, folds, and transparencies… that are impossible to replicate. It is not just a photograph; it is a physical object, a 'painted photograph' that inhabits space with a tactile and ethereal presence. With this work, I seek to make the viewer pause before the fragility of what seems about to vanish, transforming an ephemeral instant into an eternal and tangible imprint.
Macarena Stipetic
Spain
Credentials
- Works on commission
Macarena Stipetic (Argentina, based in Barcelona) explores the fragility of the image as a reflection of human emotion through her personal project: Eterografía. The name, born from the union of the ethereal and the graphic, defines her search for a visual writing that captures the impalpable.
Using the delicate technique of 'Polaroid Emulsion Lift', Macarena rescues analog photographs from their rigid support, giving them a new, organic, and vibrant existence. In an act of manual alchemy, she peels off the emulsion—the very skin of the image—and transplants it onto handcrafted cotton canvases. The image folds and acquires a unique three-dimensionality, transforming into a physical vestige of memory.
Her works are unique pieces that celebrate the beauty of the ephemeral. Macarena's art invites us to inhabit the poetic space between what we try to hold onto and what fades away; a refuge where the image becomes pure feeling.
Using the delicate technique of 'Polaroid Emulsion Lift', Macarena rescues analog photographs from their rigid support, giving them a new, organic, and vibrant existence. In an act of manual alchemy, she peels off the emulsion—the very skin of the image—and transplants it onto handcrafted cotton canvases. The image folds and acquires a unique three-dimensionality, transforming into a physical vestige of memory.
Her works are unique pieces that celebrate the beauty of the ephemeral. Macarena's art invites us to inhabit the poetic space between what we try to hold onto and what fades away; a refuge where the image becomes pure feeling.
