Eric Ceccarini
A MEETING BETWEEN A PAINTER, A MODEL AND THE PHOTOGRAPHER
Extensive, both in time and scope; The Painters Project
is an ongoing collection of collaborations with painters to whom Eric
offers as a canvas some of the very best models he has enjoyed working
with during his career.
For a number of these artists the project offers them a step in the
dark, an escape into unknown territory. They must settle into a new
environment with unfamiliar light, unusual shadows and highlights and a
canvas that is not only three dimensional but alive, breathing and
sentient. Movements and poses influence their strokes, they must
discover, adapt and ultimately tame this canvas with their brush.
Together, the body and the art become one to achieve the sublime.
To blend the often distinct viewpoints of different disciplines and
work together; to mix various instruments, tools and angles is an
uncommon, yet extremely rewarding and exciting approach, but also
contrary to the eternal solitude of the artist, a commonly echoed mantra in the art sphere.
This unorthodox partnership gives birth to wonderful and often
surprising creations. Magic succeeds when the ephemeral and volatile
nature of paint on the human skin is forever captured through the lens
and immortalised onto the image.
A hundred meetings is foreseen with artists from the UK, Belgium, The
Netherlands, Spain, France, Switzerland, the US, China and many other
countries all across the globe.
A truly timeless and borderless artwork is born.
