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Set of 12 lithographs

Imposible pero necesario: petrificación (12) by Carla Zaccagnini is part of a limited edition set of 12 lithographs created in 2010, with an edition size of 12. The artwork presents a textured stone-like form resembling a stylized cloud, with rays extending upward, almost like a petrified sunburst. This striking, minimalist image evokes a sense of timelessness and rigidity, contrasting the ephemeral nature of clouds and sunlight with the permanence of stone. Zaccagnini’s work often explores paradoxes and the coexistence of opposites, and this piece invites contemplation on the concepts of permanence and transformation, capturing something transient in a fixed, enduring form.

Carla Zaccagnini (Argentina/Brazil, 1973) is a conceptual artist whose multidisciplinary work addresses themes of language, memory, and political history. Using installations, texts, and visual media, she examines narratives of colonialism and cultural displacement. Zaccagnini’s art is intellectually engaging, encouraging viewers to question historical and contemporary power structures.

Carla Zaccagnini

Imposible pero necesario: petrificación (12), 2010

Name: Imposible pero necesario: petrificación (12), 2010
SKU: 3005

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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Lithographs

LithographsLithography is a printing method based on the principle that water and oil do not mix. It can be used to print artwork or text onto paper or other suitable materials. Traditionally, an image was drawn with wax, fat, or oil onto a lithographic limestone surface or plate. Today, metal plates and other surfaces are also used in lithographic printing.

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Edition of 12

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Set of 12 lithographs

Carla Zaccagnini

Imposible pero necesario: petrificación (12), 2010

Limited Edition Print

Lithograph

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The role of the artist is not to provide answers, but to complicate the field of possible interpretations.
- Carla Zaccagnini

Carla Zaccagnini is an Argentinian artist that currently works and resides in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She began her studies in the 1990s and attended Faculdade Armando Álvares Penteado. Carla Zaccagnini's works are heavily influenced by the concept of art theory; meaning that the artist creates works that are open to multiple interpretations and conceptualized thinking.

As an art theorist, Carla Zaccagnini wants her work to provoke questions in the viewer. Elements of Beauty, 2012 and Evidências de uma farsa: Time and the Economist, 2011 are two of her pieces that challenge the viewer to take an extra step and analyze what the piece means and what it represents. Well known for her diversity of styles, Carla Zaccagnini's art employs a variety of formats such as: photography, installations, conceptual art, video and print. Aforementioned, Elements of Beauty is a research project that Zaccagnini penned that's based on theWomen's Social and Political Union, a suffragette movement in the UK.

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Carla Zaccagnini

Imposible pero necesario: petrificación (12), 2010

38 x 46 cm

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