francesca es works info Francesca was born in Florence in 1979, currently lives between Milan and Florence. education 1999-2004 accademia di belle arti, pittura Firenze 2008-2009 photoart IED Venezia 2009-2010 photography IED Milano exhibitions 2012 nostalgia del presente - galleria Biffi - Piacenza francesca es: on being - casa masaccio - San Giovanni V.no 2011 premio arte - Palazzo della Permanente - Milano disappearance - artverona - Verona premio artelaguna – arsenale - Venezia 2010 my food art pics – Milano pubblications “la sostenibile leggerezza di francesca es” - Arte - August 2012 “appesi a un filo” - FOTOcult- April 2012 “fotografare l’invisibile” Babylon city of dreams – April 2011 collections Museo Fotografia Contemporanea texts “A girl with red fingernails, as if she were a doll, has a big dandelion in front of her mouth, the wild flower reminding us of the childhood games. In Tuscany, one makes a wish before blowing its seeds off; if the flower's seeds are blown away completely with one blow, then the wish would come true. The idea is that of Vanitas, of ephemeral, of the absolute transient nature of the existence. Four images plus one representing a doll worn out after a long stay in water, washed out on a beach, constitute the subject of Disappearance (2011), a work specifically created for the exhibition by Francesca Es (1979). The red detail, as in her other works, is the call to existence, to blood, to life and therefore to death. The atmosphere that is created is unnatural; it all seems designed to look purposely artificial. From one moment to another, one might be facing the emptiness (void). That void can be found in Francesca Es' studio, which is predominantly white, the colour of mourning for the Orientals, where everyone is given the possibility of getting lost.” Angela Madesani. © 2011 all rights reserved by Francesca Es