Ivo Nagel

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Violets Grow on Thistles


Analogue c-type photographic print
10.00 x 12.38 inches 
Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP
2025

Untitled


Inkjet photograph on paper
40.38 x 31.13 inches
Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP
2025

Obfuscated (found)


Inkjet photograph on paper
42 x 55 inches
Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP
2025

The last color you see is blue


Digital c-type photographic print
29.5 x 37.5 inches
Edition 1 of 3, 2 AP
2024

Crops of flax burn out


Diptyche
Inkjet photograph on paper
8 x 10 inches ea.
Unique
2024

Monolithic


Series (2022.09 - 2022.12)

Inkjet photograph on paper
36 x 24 inches
Edition 1 of 10, 2 AP
2022

Monolithic is a body of photographs about the places we hear about but we rarely see; a world of unidentified structures. What happens inside is ambiguous and full of questions. Through manipulation, structure and scale are emphasized through the juxtaposition of the large with the small. Monolithic plays with the perception of what’s real, extending the first impression and encouraging the viewer to look for more.


M4, 2022
M5, 2022
The End, 2022
M3, 2022

Burning Man


Series (2022.08 - 2022.09)

Archival inkjet photograph on cotton rag
16 x 24 inches
Edition 1 of 10, 2 AP
2022

The Black Rock Playa in Northwestern Nevada is the site of the annual Burning Man festival. Each year, artists gather to showcase their work on a flatbed amidst the desert of the American West. When a sandstorm sweeps through the playa on an otherwise clear, sunny day, the light, sound, and visibility of the environment shift with each passing moment. Every gust of wind carries a varying density of dust, causing the figures to pulsate, imbuing static objects with life. A magnitude of image reproductions depicting the installations accumulate throughout the festival, introducing an artifice to the event as visual phenomena. For instance, ‘Elephant I’ draws from multiple layers of reproduction — beginning with Salvador Dalí’s 1948 oil painting ‘Los elefantes’, followed by its 2022 installation reinterpretation ‘Homage au Dalí’ by Jack Champion, and culminating in a black-and-white photograph that references its predecessors. The series isolates each installation from the ‘Burning Man’ hashtag; presenting them as fleeting objects. Yet another indecisive reproduction emerges, juxtaposed with the decisive snapshot of cyclists passing through the image frame.


Chosen Winner of American Photography 40.
Museé Magazine Feature

Elephant I, 2022
Whale, 2022
Ladder II, 2022

Slide, 2022 
Elephant II, 2022
Ladder I, 2022
Roundabout, 2022
Tail, 2022

Bed, 2022


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