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  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
50.80cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 50.80cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
60.96cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm
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60.96cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
60.96cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
50.80cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 50.80cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
60.96cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
50.80cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 50.80cm x 40.64cm
  • Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag
60.96cm x 40.64cm
    Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm
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Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 1 of 8

Hunted, a siege silent

 

Artist's statement

The Hunted

I am drawn to the darker side of the human condition, the battles of the mind and the vulnerabilities of the heart that go unnoticed as a result of the brave faces and bright smiles worn as armour.

This body of work seeks to create a landscape of the mind, in which I explore the height of anxiety, the depths of despair and the struggles endured in between.

Depression is a predator that has overwhelmed so many close to me with its seductive power, its ability to stalk and lay siege, and I have witnessed both the fight and the surrender to the darkness.

This series is for Huey, for Anne, and for myself, and is an attempt to create beauty from the darkness within.

All images © Tania Gioffre.

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 2 of 8

I found myself in a forest dark

Biography

Tania Gioffre is an emerging Fine Art Photographer based in Melbourne, Australia. Trained in many disciplines of art, writing and film at VCA and RMIT, she came late to photography and the realisation that it was the perfect creative medium that combined all her loves: art, storytelling, cinematography and theatre.

As a perpetual traveller, a camera was always at hand to document her adventures, and this finally led to formal training at the Photography Studies College, in Melbourne, where she majored in Art photography and graduated in 2014.

Her recent work predominantly explores the darker side of the human condition, concentrating on themes of vulnerability, solitude and despair, drawing out the emotion and meaning through metaphor and symbolism.

Her love of dance and circus arts has also allowed her to work commercially with many local dancers and performers, as well as students and graduates of NICA.

www.taniagioffre.com

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 3 of 8

Every cracking branch, a monster

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 4 of 8

Eyes on me wild

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 5 of 8

It will find a way

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 50.80cm x 40.64cm

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 6 of 8

Lurking, flaring in my skin

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 7 of 8

My pulse a rhythm to deafen

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 50.80cm x 40.64cm

Tania Gioffre – The Hunted 8 of 8

Leave me cradled in its boughs dead

Archival Pigment Ink on Museo Silver Rag 60.96cm x 40.64cm

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26 October 2015
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