SANDRINE ELBERG - 雪女 YUKI-ONNA LIMITED EDITION
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Yuki-Onna's Secret
Hand made Self-published Printed in France, 2019
Book size 21×30 cm
Pages 34 pages
Limited edition of 80
Numbered and signed
Softcover with a Japanese envelope made by Sandrine Elberg
Sandrine Elberg's photographic work mixes identity quest and formal exploration. The artist delivers ambivalent images from hostile territories, connected to our collective imagination. Dressed with a mask from young girl Shakumi from the Noh Theater, she represents the character of 雪女 Yuki-Onna and invites us to reverie and contemplation.
雪女 Yuki-Onna is a Japanese folkloric character, a Yôkai, a spirit or a ghost who appears at night in regions where it snows a lot. She is described in different manners, sometimes as a huge woman sometimes as a snow-covered landscape. She represents the duality of winter, in between smooth beauty and violent storms. A part of Sandrine Elberg's work consists in interfering with the negative. The altered image then becomes a transcendent image.
雪女 Yuki-Onna is a character from Japanese folklore, she is the snow woman. She is a Yokai, a spirit or a ghost that appears at night in regions where it snows heavily. She is described in different ways, sometimes as an immense woman but she can also embody a snowy landscape. She is the personification of winter and in particular snowstorms. 雪女 Yuki-Onna represents the duality of winter, from its smooth and cold beauty also born the violence and cruelty of storms.