edwardraneri
ArtEvol 2025 / Edward Raneri
Shower (1) , 2025 Pigment print on acrylic, resin, glass, wood 86.5 × 66.5 × 21.5 cm
Edward Raneri is an artist whose practice explores reflection, geometry and perspective through installations, objects and visual works. With a background in drawing, sculpture and industrial design, Raneri creates immersive experiences using mirrors, glass and spatial constructions. Raneri’s works interpret visual narratives drawn from natural phenomena and theoretical physics, seeking analogies between nature, time and personal experience. Current projects address individuality, confinement, alienation and the search for authenticity within a world that encourages disconnection from essence. Raneri’s practice reflects on the fragility of being and the tension between stability and inevitable change.
Artwork Introduction
Shower (1) explores a familiar feeling: standing under the shower, lost in time. It captures the moment when running water becomes a pause from everything. Observations suggest that when things are difficult, people often stay in the shower longer, as if the water could wash away more than just skin, perhaps even thoughts. A 2012 study from Yale University found that people who feel lonely or overwhelmed often take longer, warmer showers or baths to comfort themselves. Being alone in water connects to something deep and instinctive, a kind of reset, a quiet ritual of cleansing and renewal. The piece reflects on men’s mental health and vulnerability, focusing on quiet spaces where emotions surface. It asks whether there is a link between sadness and the duration spent underwater, exploring the connection between emotion and immersion, while resonating with the wider sense of instability and uncertainty shaped by today’s world of conflict, inequality and unrest.
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