Orogenesis, Kandinsky, 2004

This print is a stunning example of Joan Fontcuberta's wild virtual fantasy world, which refers to the metaphoric dialogue between illusion, nature, culture, and technology. One of Spain's most prominent and innovative artists, Joan Fontcuberta is best known for exploring the intersection between art, science, and illusion. Using computer software originally intended for the military, Fontcuberta creates a series of fantastical landscapes by transforming classic landscape painting and photography into virtual worlds. In Orogenesis: Kandinsky, 2004, he looks to Wassily Kandinsky's The Starnberg Lake II and transforms the landscape into a three-dimensional fantasy world.

Digital C-Print
Paper Size: 20 x 24 inches
Image Size: 16 1/2 x 22 inches
Edition of 50 and 5 Artist’s Proofs
Signed and numbered by the artist

Joan Fontcuberta (b. 1955, Barcelona, Spain) is a conceptual artist, writer, editor, teacher, and curator. He received a BA in Communications from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1977. Early into his career, he worked in advertising. Between 1979 and 1986, he was a professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona. Fontcuberta is best known for his work Fauna and Sputnik, which examines the truthfulness of photography. His work is in the permanent collections of many museums, including Art Institute of Chicago; Center for Creative Photography, Tucson; George Eastman House, Rochester; Los Angeles County Museum of Art;[11] Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musée National d’Art Moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires; Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.