Silvio Wolf: Horizon 03, 2003–9

Silvio Wolf's work is featured in The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography (Aperture, 2009). In his series of analog c-prints, Horizons, he has used the unexposed ends of film rolls as negatives. The resulting images of dramatic contrasting color are intended to stand alone even as they suggest a range of visual and metaphoric associations. As the artist states, "The Horizons series is based on parts of the photographic film leaders, self-exposed by light while loading a camera. Light radiation acts directly onto the photosensitive material before any pictures are taken and without the photographer's intention. The Horizons are created from discarded materials of the photochemical process. They are actual artists' appropriations. Each Horizon reveals a threshold, the clear limit between light and darkness, between matter and language." Aperture is pleased to offer this very special limited-edition photograph to its collecting audience. Each piece is mounted to Dibond and front-mounted to Plexiglass with a cleat system and is ready to hang. This is a unique opportunity to collect the work of this important and innovative artist—one of Italy's entries into the 2009 Venice Biennale.