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WHAT FOR? 

“The silences of war”

The series “What for?” deals with the great silence of the aftermath of war: not a living soul, neither human nor animal, and the only presence is the sound of the wind passing through bombed-out buildings. Rovere has tried to capture the cold and peculiar atmosphere through a specific plastic treatment.

Desolation after the war. The remains of what was once a house.
the scars of the city. A building in the dark. Light shines through it.
A plane wreck in the night.
mined districts. A building with a "mine!" do-not-cross line.
ruin of an indistinguishable building, desolation after war.
a building destroyed, behind thick fog or smoke.
A deserted street. Only the sound of the wind passing through bombed buildings.
a streetcar abandoned after the war.
An abandoned property. The great silence of the aftermath of war.
La ville défigurée par les bombardements.
Des éclats de tirs sur un mur. Ville assiégée.
Un immeuble bombardé à moitié effondré.
A bomb exploded on the sidewalk.
Un pont bombardé.
Inside a destroyed flat probably used by soldiers.
Inscription sur un mur "it was nice here". Nostalgie d'avant guerre.
On ne distingue plus que des amas. Désolation après la guerre.
Enfilade de vitres brisées. Ravages de guerre.
la ville défigurée par la guerre.
Une façade encore debout d'un immeuble détruit de l'intérieur.
Désolation après la guerre. Un hameau dont il ne reste que des ruines.
Cicatrices de guerre sur un bâtiment probablement religieux.
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FENÊTRES SUR NUIT

WINDOWS ON THE DARK

A light that converts destruction and transfigures the absurd..

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LUMIÈRES INTANGIBLES

The “Intangible Lights” series is rooted in a return to the essence and the timeless. Against the current craze for a non-discrimination between the hideous and the sublime, this series of images treats light in a strong and singular way to express the eternal beauty of the naked body, thus placing itself in the continuity of an imperishable theme for 30,000 years.

Artwork : minimalist nude. Just a line of light.
Création artistique hybride graphique photographique : buste de femme, les bras s’élancent comme une flamme
Création artistique hybride graphique photographique : danseuse saluant ? Fine lumière dans la chevelure
Artwork : nude back curve in the dark, discreet grazing light
Artwork : bare shoulder, hair, stick, darkness, intense light
Artwork : woman sitting on the ground in the dark. Bright light on her back.
Création artistique hybride graphique-photographique : femme dans la pénombre, avec une lumière latérale
Minimalist art creation, hybrid graphic-photographic work.
Minimalist art creation, hybrid graphic-photographic work.
Création artistique minimaliste, hybride graphique photographique.
"Plastic art" photography.
Création artistique hybride graphique photographique : image bougée d’une femme dans l’ombre à coté d’une fenêtre à la lumière tranchante
Photographie plasticienne
Création artistique minimaliste, hybride graphique photographique.
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TRACES & IMPRINTS

The series “Traces and Imprints” questions the boundaries between representation and imagination. Through a sophisticated iterative process of integrating bodies into natural elements (bark, sand, dead leaves, rocks…), Rovere creates a strange universe that sometimes leads the observer to make unexpected imaginary discoveries.

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WHITE & WHITE

Fragile space and sublime white.

Descending from Triglav in the Julian Alps in Slovenia. Photographic artwork in white and white.
Triglav National Park (Triglavski narodni park). Descending to the valley. Photographic artwork in white and white.
Le Triglav, berceau de légendes. Œuvre photographique en blanc et blanc.
En bas du Triglav dans les Alpes juliennes en Slovenie. Œuvre photographique en blanc et blanc.
Le Triglav s'élève à 2 864 mètres d'altitude. Câbles du téléphérique. Œuvre photographique en blanc et blanc.
You can discern the trees through the snowy haze. Photographic artwork in white and white.
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ORIGINEL

The series “Originel” features spaces of fragile material ordered by complex interferences which exist only at a unique tiny moment. On the left, the black and white seriesreleases itself from any mark of day-night temporality. On the right, this series presents the liquid material and its energy, freed from any orientation.

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VENEZIA

« La Serinissima capovolta »

The series “La Serinissima capovolta” offers an original vision of Venice in the rain. The perspective of the ground, inverted in favour of the reflection of the palaces and monuments, is disconcerting for the eye: the images, simultaneously right side up and upside down, force the eye to perform an unexpected exercise of attention.

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La place saint Marc à Venise dans l'eau, les pigeons se baignent dans le reflet de la basilique
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in front of the Procuratie Vecchie, Saint Mark's Square in Venice, in a disturbing inverted perspective
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reflet du Palais des Doges à Venise, sous un angle inattendu
pieces of reflection of the Doge's Palace in Venice, from an unexpected angle
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in front of Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, a confusing image, simultaneously upside down and right side up
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pigeon in St. Mark's Square in Venice, in a strange and disturbing vision, bottom up
devant la Basilique Saint Marc à Venise, image déroutante, simultanément à l'envers et à l'endroit
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a rainy day, somewhere in Venice, the upside down.
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un passage étroit, un jour de pluie, quelque part à Venise, la tête en bas.
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MONOPTYQUES

Both synthetic and organic images, the “Monoptychs” series is made up of photographs of natural elements (plants, minerals) which are worked and then composed in the manner of a kaleidoscope.

a complex image, rich in multiple details, a virtual carpet aspect. "Plastic art" photography.
a bark treated as if by a kaleidoscope. "Plastic art" photography.
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Composite image, both synthetic and organic. "Plastic art" photography.
Artwork from birch bark. "Plastic art" photography.
une plante des Seychelles à la géométrie parfaite.
une écorce en kaléidoscope formant une ellipse. Photographie plasticienne.
image complexe, riche de multiples détails, un aspect de tapis virtuel. Photographie plasticienne.
a birch bark image treated as a printed fabric. "Plastic art" photography.
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The prints are limited, all formats combined, to (depending on the work) 1 to 8 original copies numbered and signed by the artist (on the back and/or on a certificate of authenticity).

Most of the works are proposed in different formats. Some have been designed in ultra high resolution for XXL formats of up to four metres or more.

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