{"product_id":"joan-fontcuberta-calcigorgia-spiculifera-kopie","title":"JOAN FONTCUBERTA - Nemanthus rubescens","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaper:\u003c\/b\u003e Giclée prints on Hahnemühle Museum Fine Art paper\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 50 x 40 cm\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eYear:\u003c\/b\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCertificate:\u003c\/b\u003e Signed and numbered by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJOAN FONTCUBERTA – \u003ci\u003eNemanthus rubescens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNemanthus rubescens,\u003c\/i\u003e Fontcuberta presents one of his most seductive illusions—a coral landscape so iridescent that the mind surrenders to it before suspecting any trickery. The scene radiates an impossible delicacy: delicate branches unfold like illuminated neurons, emitting an almost celestial bioluminescence. It looks real enough to touch, yet too perfect to be believable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The invented name \u003ci\u003eNemanthus rubescens\u003c\/i\u003e is borrowed from the lexicon of marine taxonomy: \u003ci\u003eNemanthus\u003c\/i\u003e (from an actual genus of sea anemones) and \u003ci\u003erubescens\u003c\/i\u003e (“to blush” or “to turn red”). The blushing is the key—Fontcuberta’s quiet joke about photographic seduction itself. This coral doesn’t just imitate life; it embodies beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eImmersed in a palette of vibrant reds and icy blues, the image conveys both the rigor of scientific documentation and the drama of romantic painting. Here, AI becomes Fontcuberta's accomplice, constructing a scene so harmonious it borders on the absurd. Nature, filtered through code, appears as a fantasy of its own perfection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eNemanthus rubescens\u003c\/i\u003e serves as a microcosm for Fontcuberta's artistic philosophy: to show how easily truth can disguise itself as elegance and how beauty can become the most convincing form of fiction. This coral doesn't grow—it dreams itself into being.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KI EDITION BERLIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54256667885903,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/2826\/3759\/files\/Sin-titulo-1_retocat-Kopieweb.jpg?v=1737314928","url":"https:\/\/ai-edition-berlin.myshopify.com\/products\/joan-fontcuberta-calcigorgia-spiculifera-kopie","provider":"AI - EDITION BERLIN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}