Killing Time III

About Lucia Giacani | Trunk Archive

“Static glamour photography does not interest me – the complexity of the feminine identity does,” says Lucia Giacani. The artist usually sets in mostly surreal environments, makes objects float, and plays with oversized elements. This is her personal version of the modern woman, accentuated with a touch of irony. In her series Killing Time, Giacani depicts a woman who meets every challenge at once while exuding a high degree of strength and beauty. She takes multiple telephone calls simultaneously and maintains her graceful composure. This unique visual language exhibits parallels to that of Giacani’s role model, American artist Francesca Woodman. Much like Woodman’s… Read more