Monday, November 7, 2011

DIGITAL ART PHOTOGRAPHY/ 'Symphony of the Prima Materia'/ ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLISM/ An abstract photograph by Eric Whollem 2011



SYMPHONY  OF THE PRIMA MATERIA
2011
by Eric Whollem
digital photograph
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST


MODERN ART PHOTOGRAPHY

This modern art image is a digital photograph taken in 2011. It is part of
a series of texturologies taken in an urban mileau.

The 'prima materia' or 'primal matter' is a term from alchemy. The search
for the prima materia was one of the goals of many alchemists.

This photo seems to symbolize sulphur, arsenic and mercury, the three
primary elements in ancient alchemy.

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Readers may be interested in my posts of painted GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTIONS:


Geometric Abstractions Video

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