


Bougainvillea II, 2023
We first encountered Bougainvillea II on a late summer afternoon, where light filtered gently through leaves and time seemed to still. Sandro Diener has a way of capturing not just the image, but the air around it. In this work, the bougainvillea is less a flower than a moment held between brightness and shadow.
There is no urgency, no spectacle, only quiet unfolding. A study in softness, where color dissolves into calm and the ordinary becomes a space for reflection.
DETAILS:
Archival pigment print
90 x 110 cm | 35,4 x 43,3 in
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
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Bougainvillea II, 2023
"For me, it's about the simplicity of a subject. This minimalism means a reduction to the essential."
- Sandro Diener
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sandro Diener (b. 1975, Zurich) captures landscapes not to map locations, but to evoke emotion through a minimalist yet powerful aesthetic. Whether in the Alps, Eastern Europe, or Iceland, his photographs transform natural elements into timeless, dreamlike scenes. Diener's background in advertising and fashion photography informs his refined visual language. Since 2010, after a pivotal trip to Iceland, he has focused increasingly on landscapes, blending personal exploration with commissioned work.
CURATOR´S NOTE
Bougainvillea II draws you in gently—through light, through color, through memory. There’s something almost alchemical in the way the image transforms the familiar into the felt. The bloom is no longer just a plant, but a field of atmosphere. It hovers between figuration and abstraction, between presence and impression. Rather than framing the flower, the work holds its essence: the warmth of sun on stone, the way color can carry a season, a feeling, a time. It’s less about what you see, and more about what stays with you.
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