Focus On | Francisco Tavoni - Simulacra and Simulation
Past exhibition
Overview
Francisco Tavoni, Simulacra And Simulation IV , 2024, Ditone Print on Baryta Rag Waxed With Aluminum Artist Made Frame, 119 x 176 cm, 46 7/8 x 69 1/4 in
Simulacra and Simulation by Francisco Tavoni researches our connection with reality and how the media manipulates society into perceiving the ultimate truth.
This new body of work mimics the blurriness of reality that humans absorb daily from the media. The society of the spectacle has distorted our capacity to discern between truth and illusion.
As society seeks fulfillment through the simulacra of reality, the question previously asked by Jean Baudrillard in Simulacra and Simulation arises: “Are the mass media aligned with the power in manipulating the masses, or are they aligned with the masses in the dissolution of meaning, in the violence inflicted upon meaning, and in fascination? Does the media induce fascination in the masses, or do the masses guide the media into the spectacle?”
"...The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true."
While Fibonacci's rule of composition provides Tavoni's work with visual structure, a recent trip to New York pushed the artist to evolve, drawing inspiration from Daniel Correa Mejia's vibrant paintings. This series deviates from Tavoni's classic hues and figuration, allowing for the emergence of abstract forms resembling spiritual beings. This stage of creation empowers Tavoni to push the boundaries of human representation and the definition of reality. From using blinded eyesight imagery to representing uncertain forms, the artist’s pursuit is to create awareness of the pursuit of total internal freedom.
Encapsulating these soon-to-be liberated beings, are polished aluminum frames - which serve as an imaginary shiny cage to escape.
Works
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Francisco TavoniBlindfolded From The Truth , 2024Unique
Ditone Print on Baryta Rag Waxed With Aluminum Artist Made Frame119 x 176 cm
46 7/8 x 69 1/4 in -
Francisco TavoniWhat's Real, 2024Unique
Ditone Print on Baryta Rag Waxed With Aluminum Artist Made Frame88 x 59.5 cm
34 5/8 x 23 3/8 in -
Francisco TavoniSimulacra And Simulation IV , 2024Unique
Ditone Print on Baryta Rag Waxed With Aluminum Artist Made Frame119 x 176 cm
46 7/8 x 69 1/4 in -
Francisco TavoniThird Eye To Scape, 2024Unique
Ditone Print on Baryta Rag Waxed With Aluminum Artist Made Frame158 x 100 cm
62 1/4 x 39 3/8 in
Press release
Simulacra and Simulation by Francisco Tavoni researches our connection with reality and how the media manipulates society into perceiving the ultimate truth.
This new body of work mimics the blurriness of reality that humans absorb daily from the media. The society of the spectacle has distorted our capacity to discern between truth and illusion.
As society seeks fulfillment through the simulacra of reality, the question previously asked by Jean Baudrillard in Simulacra and Simulation arises: “Are the mass media aligned with the power in manipulating the masses, or are they aligned with the masses in the dissolution of meaning, in the violence inflicted upon meaning, and in fascination? Does the media induce fascination in the masses, or do the masses guide the media into the spectacle?”
"...The simulacrum is never that which conceals the truth—it is the truth which conceals that there is none. The simulacrum is true."
While Fibonacci's rule of composition provides Tavoni's work with visual structure, a recent trip to New York pushed the artist to evolve, drawing inspiration from Daniel Correa Mejia's vibrant paintings. This series deviates from Tavoni's classic hues and figuration, allowing for the emergence of abstract forms resembling spiritual beings. This stage of creation empowers Tavoni to push the boundaries of human representation and the definition of reality. From using blinded eyesight imagery to representing uncertain forms, the artist’s pursuit is to create awareness of the pursuit of total internal freedom.
Encapsulating these soon-to-be liberated beings, are polished aluminum frames - which serve as an imaginary shiny cage to escape.
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Born in Caracas, Venezuela. Lives and works between Byron Bay, Australia and Berlin, Germany.
Francisco Tavoni uses photography as a way to interpretate the power of emotions. He conceives of the production of self and identity as processes can happen inside the body instead of outside of it, there is no advantage of external mode. Tavoni insists that true identity is formed in this territory, deep within oneself, where no external norms apply. Born in Venezuela, Tavoni travels the globe in search of authenticity identity, across a variety of body types, without distinction, ethnicity or broader cultural background. In Tavoni’s image, figures covered by delicate fabrics are unfettered status restrictions. With artist’s unique light technique, light is absorbed to reveal the inner pattern of the fabric.
Tavoni’s work has been exhibited internationally at Anna Zorina Gallery, Los Angeles, at the ATM Galleryy in New York, Lindberg Galleries, Melbourne; Adhesivo Contemporary, Mexico City; Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv. In 2023 he furthermore participated at the NADA with Stems Gallery, Miami
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