AFRICA. Ingrid BAARS (born in 1969) - Lot 66

AFRICA. Ingrid BAARS (born in 1969) Africa! Fine Art Publishing, 2013. 159-page large-format book, in the publisher’s slipcase. Limited edition. One of 100 copies in a hardcover slipcase, accompanied by an original photograph signed, dated 2013, and numbered 1/90 by the artist in ink. Copy signed on the title page by the artist. "Africa! is an evolving project, inspired by the richness and diversity of Africa’s cultural heritage. A heritage that encompasses both the human and the non-human. The combination of classical African ritual objects and portraits of living women allows the artist to transcend the natural and create a haunting universe on the edge of reality. The aesthetics and romanticism of beauty are imbued with a kind of heightened awareness. Her images are imbued with a duality that is both beautiful and powerful. Her work does not hide its fragmented nature but creates its own reality, one with a life all its own. Ingrid Baars’ innate aesthetic compass and her deeply individual style are the keys that allow her to reveal her phantasmagorical world to us."