Open Sea

Photograph

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HCC Permanent Art Collection

Name/Title

Open Sea

Entry/Object ID

2020.3.1

Description

A Cyanotype of waves and fans creating the illusion a sea creature emerging from the water and crashing against the waves.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Cyanotype

Collection

HCC Permanent Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Sandra Cinto

Role

Artist

Date made

2016

Notes

The natural phenomena of water cycle are a recurrent element in Sandra Cinto's works as she believes that "water is essential to our understanding of reality." People often forget how important water is for human existence. We are made from it, we cannot live without it and in the times of physical pain or emotional stress, we produce it in the form of teardrops emanating from our eyes. And yet our relationship to it is unusual, to say the least. How we feel about it in many ways depends on where we live and how much money we make. Images of turbulent storms, overlapping sea, rain and striking blue skies intertwine with man-made architecture to create an illusion of ephemerality.

Location

Category

Exhibit

Exhibition

HCC Permanent Art Collection, Coll. Manager.

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Cultural/Historical Context

Label

The natural phenomena of water cycles are a recurrent element in Sandra Cinto's works as she believes that "water is essential to our understanding of reality." People often forget how important water is for human existence. We are made from it, we cannot live without it and in the times of physical pain or emotional stress, we produce it in the form of teardrops emanating from our eyes. And yet our relationship to it is unusual, to say the least. How we fell about it in many ways depends on where we live and how much money we make. Images of turbulent storms, overlapping sea, rain and striking blue skies intertwine with man-made architecture to create an illusion of ephemerality.

Label Type

Didactic

Label

Sandra Cinto (b. 1968) Open Sea, 2016 cyanotype print (made at Graphicstudio, USF) 26.25 x 34.25 in. Gift of the artist, 2020.3.1 Using drawing as her point of departure, Brazilian artist Sandra Cinto renders intricate and mesmerizing environments of turbulent seascapes, violent rainstorms, and celestial skies that frequently engage with the surrounding architecture to a disorienting effect, creating the illusion of a weightless, spiraling universe. Open Sea is one such universe, as this fantastical landscape serves as a metaphor for the human odyssey, while also pushing the limits and possibilities of drawing. The natural phenomena of water cycles are a recurrent element in Sandra Cinto's works as she believes that "water is essential to our understanding of reality." This work of art is a part of the HCC Permanent Art Collection. The HCC Art Galleries, through their Campus Loan Outreach Program, seek to share original art by collecting a diversity of works for the education and enjoyment of the HCC Community.