En Plein Air Remastered by Hood 14

En Plein Air Remastered is the result of a creation, separation, and re-creation process following the methods of en plein air painting and remastering them.

En plein air painting, made possible by a revolution in materials that allowed the artist to leave the studio, was born from the desire to represent reality according to the impressions of the creative moment. Hence the importance of light as an essential variable to define the point of view.

Hood14's painting, which had the urban environment as its support and the artificially illuminated night darkness as its frame, forces the boundaries of en plein air practice.

The work, created in a public space, is subsequently dismantled and reconstructed in studio by the artist, to be then displayed within a private exhibition space, tracing an atypical and unrepeatable path.

The entire process is documented through a video by Theodor Guelat and a photographic series by Toni Brugnoli–enclosed in a zine–that marks the moments and places of the artistic practice, from the urban context to the gallery. The work and the video projection were subject of a one-day exhibition curated by Andrea Ceresa on October 26 at A Studio Creative, via Balilla 6, Milano.

E.P.A.R. by Hood14
Project by SPECTRUM
Supported by The North Face
Exhibition curated by Andrea Ceresa
Photography by Toni Brugnoli
Visuals by Theodor Guelat