Golden Ballerina WAF16 by Fede Bianchi
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Medium: Archival pigment print on Metallic Paper
Dimensions: 30.48 x 30.48 cm
Edition production year: 2018
Price: $900.00 USD
Status: available
Golden Ballerina This series draws from the precision and expressive discipline of classical ballet. A ballerina is physically painted—by hand—in metallic gold body paint over several hours, then photographed in a demanding, choreography-driven shoot where endurance is part of the work. Using the dancer’s body as a structural matrix, the images apply rotational symmetry and calibrated repetition to transform technique and movement into geometric form. Each composition originates from a single captured pose, then is mirrored and rotated into a sculptural, mandala-like configuration that preserves the tension of that moment in time. Inspired by early experiences at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the series reflects the convergence of artistry, athleticism, and rigor. The gold surface reinforces themes of radiance and permanence, amplifying contrast and structure while highlighting the ballerina’s balance of strength and delicacy.
Why collect this work?
A single bodily pose becomes a tightly ordered radial form, shifting attention between the dancer’s physical discipline and the near-abstraction produced by repetition.
- Bianchi describes rhythm, repetition and structure as central to his practice. Here, those concerns clarify why the figure functions as both a person and a modular unit.
- In the photograph, gold-toned figures radiate around a bright centre. Overlapping limbs form a dense inner lattice, while rounded bodies establish a slower outer pulse against black.
- The catalogue states that one photographed pose was mirrored and rotated. Printed with archival pigments on metallic paper, the image may gain reflective variation that a digital reproduction cannot establish.
- This work merits encounter as a study in how photography can convert choreography into fixed geometry. Its tension lies in preserving bodily strain while subordinating individuality to pattern.
About the Artist
Fede Bianchi
Fede Bianchi is an artist on Mondoir Studio. Artistic discipline: photography. Based in Miami, United States.
Nationality: Argentine
My practice navigates the space between symmetry and chaos, exploring how order, emotion, and meaning emerge through visual experience.
