Bellenger, Hélène, 1989- artist.

Bianco ordinario / [photographs by] Hélène Bellenger ; [texts by Michel Poivert, Hélène Soumaré, Rica Cerbarano].

First edition.

Vinzelles : Éditions de l'Observeur, 2024.

127 pages, 27 pages (booklet) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm x 24 cm (box), 29 cm x 22 cm (book)

"Launched in the summer of 2021, Hélène Bellenger’s Bianco Ordinario project draws its inspiration from the marble quarries of Carrara, nestled in the heart of the Apuan Alps in Italy. Sculpted for centuries for their exceptionally high-quality white marble, highly sought after by artists and designers, these quarries are now overexploited for the extraction of marble powder, pure calcium carbonate. Widely used in products such as toothpaste, makeup, paper, and cleaning agents, this powder has become part of the history of whitening, and by extension, the whiteness of contemporary Western societies. Hélène Bellenger has assembled a collection of consumer products containing calcium carbonate, which she uses to print directly onto the reverse sides of packaging cartons. The luxurious and imperial imagery of marble statuary is thus reproduced on small packages, alongside a selection of landscapes shaped over centuries by the intensive exploitation of Carrara marble. Both precious and unique, yet ephemeral and disposable, these images—whose forms vary according to the products—compose a typology of industrial shapes, questioning their materiality and place within the consumerist flow" --Publisher's website

9782959371202
2959371208

Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.

photobooks.
Photobooks.
Livres de photographies.

Poivert, Michel, writer of supplementary textual content.
Soumaré, Hélène, writer of supplementary textual content
Cerbarano, Rica, writer of supplementary textual content

Location: Library main 324117
Call No.: 324117
Copy: 1
Status: Available