Justin Brice Guariglia

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QUAANAAQ I, 2024
Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle metallic paper
Edition of 20 + 5 APs
10.5 x 8 in (26.7 x 20.3 cm)
Framed: 15.5 x 12 in (39.3 x 30.5 cm)

$500

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This print, an archival pigment print interpretation of the large scale, QUAANAAQ I, work from Guariglia’s polystyrene series as part of Earth Works; Mapping the Anthropocene. Flying from assignment to assignment, Guariglia became intrigued and troubled by the topographic transformations that were occurring below. Graphic evidence of new agricultural methods and open-pit mining operations became far too abundant to ignore visually or intellectually. When given the opportunity in 2015 and 2016 to accompany teams of scientists affiliated with NASA on their flights over Greenland to study glacial and sea-ice changes, Guariglia became aware not only of the science of polar melt, but also its implications. He began to correlate the links between what he had seen in Asia with what he was photographing in Greenland. To him, both were emblematic of the slippage of the planet into what has now become widely-accepted as the Anthropocene epoch.

Guariglia’s work is as much about making objects as it is about making images. His materials and the processes he uses contribute as much to the conceptual strength and cohesiveness of his art as do the abstracted landscapes that are at its core.

QUAANAAQ I is an edition of 20 with 5 APs, framed, and produced on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Metallic 410gsm paper.