Indira Cesarine "Rapture (5)" Limited Edition

Indira Cesarine "Rapture (5)" 2024
Lumière Series 

Edition 3: Aluminum Photographic Print, Archival Dye Sublimation on Sheer Aluminum with Float Mount Hanger. Dimensions: 30in x 20in x 1in (Limited Edition 1/6 + 1AP)
Signed and numbered on verso, includes a certificate of authenticity.

Inspired by Surrealism, Indira Cesarine's “Rapture (5)” features a photographic light painting of classical dancer, VikTory. The nude silhouette of the model becomes a canvas adorned with vines and leaves, with each stroke creating a visual embodiment of Mother Nature and symbolizing divine femininity, life, and growth. Cesarine uses light paintings as a way to emphasize the power of the human spirit; this method involves using light as a brush, painting ethereal strokes onto canvases of darkness, thus capturing a play of luminosity that transcends the boundaries of traditional imagery. In this artwork, she paints with light references to the tree of life as if flowing from the silhouette of her muse, as a metaphor for the source of life, and the power of the human spirit. The surreal light painting becomes visual poetry that speaks to the intangible, the mysterious, and the infinite. The portrait and light painting was captured in camera with a single exposure.

Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. A graduate of Columbia University with a triple major in Art History, French, and Women’s Studies, she additionally studied at Parsons School of Design, ICP, SVA, The New York Film Academy, and The New York Academy of Art. Cesarine had her first solo show at the age of sixteen at Paul Mellon Arts Center. She began working as a photographer at the age of seventeen, shooting for top modeling agencies Elite, Ford, and IMG while she completed her degree. Upon graduation from university, she continued her career in London where she received photography commissions by Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, and many other international titles while still in her early twenties.

Her work as an artist has been featured internationally at many art galleries, museums, and art fairs, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson Valley MOCA, The Watermill Center, Mattatuck Museum, Albany Institute, The National Museum of Women In The Arts, CICA Museum, Smack Mellon, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, French Embassy Cultural Center, Art Basel Miami, SCOPE Art Fair, Cannes Film Festival, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show to name a few.

In 2014, her public art sculpture, "The Egg of Light," was exhibited at Rockefeller Center as part of the Fabergé Big Egg Hunt. Cesarine’s work has been auctioned in a number of celebrated art benefits including at Sotheby’s New York, ARTWALK NY supporting the Coalition for the Homeless, Gabrielle's Angel Foundation for Cancer Research, and UPRISE supporting the ERA Coalition, among many others. Her artwork and exhibitions have been featured internationally in numerous publications including The New York Times, American Vogue, Vogue Italia, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Dazed, New York Magazine, and The Huffington Post.

Empowering feminist themes are often a point of departure for her artwork, which is influenced by autobiographical content, her Latinx heritage, and women’s history. Aside from her work as an artist, she is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Untitled Magazine, founder of Art4Equality, an initiative supporting equality in the arts, as well as founder of The Untitled Space art gallery. Cesarine explores her creative vision as an artist vis-à-vis traditional and new mediums, and finds strength in examining new ideas in contemporary culture. She currently lives and works in Tribeca, NY.

Read more about her artwork and exhibitions on our website.