Thomas CONSANI (1970) - Lot 164

Thomas CONSANI (1970) New York, 2010 Silver print Signed, titled and dated in the margin Dimensions including margins: 40 x 50 cm Note: In this image, Thomas Consani plays on the opposition between matter and architecture. Steam invades the foreground, blurring shapes and transforming the scene into an almost unreal atmosphere. Street furniture - signs, posts - appear as ghostly silhouettes, half-dissolved in the dense cloud. In the background, the sharp verticality of the skyscraper (reminiscent of the Chrysler Building) emerges with precision, contrasting with the fluidity of the smoke. This tension between blur and sharpness structures the entire composition: the city becomes both tangible and elusive. In this way, Consani captures an emblematic vision of New York, where architectural monumentality coexists with a more organic, almost volatile energy. The image oscillates between urban documentary and abstraction, transforming a banal moment into an atmospheric scene.