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Sebastian Magnani - Daily Bat – Gymnastic, 2020, C-Print

Daily Bat – Gymnastic, 2020

C-Print

19 3/4 x 27 1/2 in 50 x 70 cm

Edition

Edition of 7

About this work

Daily Bat: Gymnastic (2020) is a C-Print measuring 19 3/4 x 27 1/2 inches (50 x 70 cm), produced in a limited edition of 7 by Swiss artist Sebastian Magnani. The work belongs to his Daily Bat series, a body of photographs that playfully reimagines Batman as a domestic figure participating in the ordinary activities and routines of everyday life, presented with the visual language and format of a fictional photographic magazine story. In Gymnastic, the iconic caped crusader, instantly recognizable in full costume, is depicted engaged in a physical practice entirely at odds with his vigilante persona. The collision of the mythological and the mundane is the series' central comic and conceptual proposition: by transposing a cultural icon of power and drama into the most banal of domestic settings, Magnani exposes the gap between the heroic fantasies of popular culture and the unheroic reality of daily life that persists beneath them. Magnani's C-Print medium is well-suited to the deadpan, documentary-adjacent aesthetic that makes the Daily Bat series so compelling. The print's detail and color fidelity reinforce the fictional scenario's persuasive surface while leaving the absurdity entirely legible. In a limited edition of 7, Daily Bat: Gymnastic is a rare and distinctive work from a series that has attracted significant attention for its intelligent engagement with contemporary popular culture, humor, and the visual languages of photography and mass media.

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Edition & Provenance

Year
2020
Medium
C-Print
Edition
Edition of 7

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About Sebastian Magnani

Sebastian Magnani is a Swiss photographer based in Zurich, born in a small village in Canton Valais. He discovered photography during an apprenticeship in media design in 2006 and spent the following five years working as a graphic designer and art director at an advertising agency before transitioning to photography full time in 2011.

Magnani is known for richly colored, intimately staged portraits that combine strong lighting with a cinematic sense of mood. His most recognized body of work reimagines a well known superhero character in quiet, everyday moments, unexpected downtime away from heroics, using contrast between the character's familiar presence and ordinary settings to explore themes of vulnerability, solitude, and the small pleasures of daily life. His background in advertising and design continues to shape the polish and precision of his compositions.

Magnani has collaborated with major international clients, including The New York Times, IWC Schaffhausen, and Apple, and his work has been exhibited across the United States, Australia, and Europe. He has also published photography books and received multiple international awards for his projects.

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