I create through myself by placing my image in the center of the work as a direct witness to the experience that I experience certain emotions, emotions that are often perceived as negative …
The fears, the discomforts, the sufferings, the call to self-control and sacrifice – I depict emotions with shapes and colors, often representing them through fairy tales, and I face my “demons” on the canvas.
The sufferings or fears I experience are no longer painful but begin to exist as the integral and indispensable part of the unity of the picture and of a person’s life itself. The printing of my photo is realistic because what I express on the canvas is real, they are really the emotions or experiences that I have lived or am experiencing. As it may seem unreal, what I put on the canvas is my reality for me.
On purpose, I often use my image also to highlight the need to “put my face” for the things I express, taking full responsibility for what I do. I am convinced that only by behaving courageously is the person able to overcome their discomforts and become themselves by accepting with all their nuances of personality.
My art for me is a continuous search for the charm of the multiple meanings of symbols that I use a lot in my works, and thanks to the variety of cultures I have known I am discovering that symbols are not attributable to a single interpretative key – this makes my paintings have a great deal of interpretations for the viewer.
I am very curious in the perception of my works by the viewers, I would love to dialogue with each one and grasp their deep inner perceptions from there to create my new works because in this way my works become not only mine but – ours. I strongly believe in the interconnection between the individuals who communicate, and consequently in the metamorphosis creation of my paintings after the interactions with the spectators, in fact I always modify my paintings after the conversations that arouse emotions.
I often feel as if it were the instrument of the metamorphosis of my paintings and the real authors are the people who inspired me.
Using printing, painting, mosaic, feathers and other materials – I try to create the small details with the intention of bringing the viewer fiscally closer to the work by browsing, then to see the whole he has to move away – so the vision becomes more dynamic .
My big dream is a multisensory exhibition where my works are accompanied by texts, music, different ambient temperatures and a play of light …
Exhibitions in progress
535 West 23 rd street - New York
in collaboration with Agostino Art Gallery Milano - Italy
Gallery
"It all lies in knowing how to do, in knowing how to concentrate the spirit on one point, in knowing how to abstract enough to give rise to the hallucination and replace the dream of reality with reality itself."
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Feelings
The creation of the “Feelings” paintings comes from the deep search for happiness.
When I spent the evenings alone and without the TV in a small town on the border between Switzerland and Italy … I often did not accept the feeling of loneliness because I was convinced that I had to be enough for myself and I tried to fight it…. I started to create festive atmospheres at home, I dressed exuberantly,
I cooked a good dinner, I opened a good wine, I prepared a bath with candles, I put on the music and then I took the colors and the canvas and transmitted on the canvas what I felt in that moment.
These creations of mine were never intended to be exhibited, they gave me the idea of deep intimacy with myself; a little by chance they happened on social media and immediately a friend of mine asked to buy one, then again and again other people asked me to buy … Since I spent many evenings in solitude, the “feelings” were always more and so I decided to share them with other people even if they are very intimate paintings for me.
And then I realized that despite the paintings left my house, and I was missing my memories: the more the walls remained bare from the paintings, the more I wanted to create new ones and the more creative I became. A bit like the bee whose honey is taken from the hive, then she produces more and more.
Art must come out of the space of the creator, it must be allowed to “travel” in the world like children left to leave the house … “parents are like bows and children are arrows”, so for me it has become the art of “Feelings. “- goes to another space and other people will see and perceive the sensations different from mine (perhaps they will feel less alone) … Perhaps certain sensations will coincide with mine or perhaps they will change, and perhaps those new sensations generated by the vision of the painting will change their day – and so I participated in miracle of art.
Bee and Butterfly
The bee is the synonym of the vulnerable foundation of our world but also the synonym of sacrifice to order and to the community; while the butterfly is the beautiful, mutable, frivolous (perhaps even not essential for the survival of the world).
height 31 inch x width 47 inch
And yet the worker bee sacrifices itself for the butterfly, as the fable tells but also as the reflection explains: the bee pollinates and the butterfly benefits from the plants and flowers that the bee pollinates. The bee is logical, not very evolved, easily manipulated and explained by scientists; while the butterfly has its own open world with the metamorphosis, variety of colors and foods with which it feeds (from the nectar of flowers to the liquid that oozes from rotting fruit or animal dung, but also from the blood of animals, such as vampires). The world of butterflies is complicated by the symbiosis they establish with ants, the larvae go down to the ground and mimic the sounds and smells of ant larvae, so they are raised by the ants.
I created my painting with the intention of asking the questions “are the simpler worlds at the base of the more complex worlds?” And “how come certain worlds remain simple and continue to sacrifice themselves for complex ones, even if perhaps not necessarily vital?” Those who work and are at the basis of the essential and survival hide and remain humble, while those who benefit from their hidden fatigue show themselves off? (“The essential is invisible to the eye”, The Little Prince) – What if this order comes from nature itself?”.
For the realization of the work I used the print of my photo as the direct witness of the question asked, adding acrylic colors, feathers, polymers (taking up many hours of work in laying the polymers, one by one) … and I tried to put the question through images and materials.
Wonderland
Following the story of Alice in Wonderland I was very curious about the theme of Time and how human beings are looking to “stop” or manipulate it. “…. If instead you had kept good relations with him (time), he would have your watch do everything you want “.
height 55 inch x width 39 inch
A personified time, therefore, which can establish for whom to flow (and how to flow) and for whom not, subjective time is not based on a measuring instrument, but on how each person perceives the passing of minutes and hours according to the different situations in which he finds himself living.
But can you also “play” with time? When a person has a non-necessary for life surgery or exercise doing sports to keep fit – is he trying to manipulate his time?
And in fact, if the person manages to live longer, perhaps he wins time, but the quality of time does not depend on the length of the years but perhaps on the perception and the value we give to our time.
With this painting I wanted to represent my personal reflection that led me to the conclusion: the world of adults made above all by calculating logic (like chess) and manipulations (like cosmetic surgeries that do not gives quality of time). Instead the World of children made by continuous play – can really stop time. No one more than children know how to remain in the personalized time. The adults, represented by Bianconiglio for whom the time available is never enough and it is always late.
For children is always time to play, always – endless …. remain in the moment of the play so time does not pass. Look to the colorful balloons and butterflies and leave behind you the strategies, logics, and whatever the system of worries wants you take care about. We can always learn from children to treat Time, or perhaps it would be enough always remain a bit children ..
The black Swan
My intention with this work is to encourage the viewer to reflect “how many and what beautiful and innocent feelings have we suffocated in ourselves to protect ourselves?”.
Dimensions of the painting (canvas) 140X100, together with the white veil the height 260cm, the width with the black wings 200cm.
height 55 inch x width 39 inch
Watching the film led me to the conclusion that ruthless competition and the fear of failure and loneliness lead us to sacrifice and consequently we make our black swan win by “devouring” the wings of our white swan, preventing it from flying. By doing so, we keep our innocence in check. We often do it for protection, to protect ourselves from suffering: in fact I wanted to represent the white swan with the black swan in a version where they have a loving approach towards each other. There is no struggle between them, even if the black swan has broken the wings of the white swan, it lovingly wraps its legs, it seems that it does not make it fly or walk and its real intention is to protect it.
My intention with this work is to encourage the viewer to reflect “how many and what beautiful and innocent feelings have we suffocated in ourselves to protect ourselves?”.
Dimensions of the painting (canvas) 140X100, together with the white veil the height 260cm, the width with the black wings 200cm.
The shields
of the soul
The soul is our deep being that is not visible and not palpable: we believe it exists, we feel it and often we do not know how to describe it. Is it an energy? Is it changeable and we can modify it or is it stable and modifies us by leading us on a predetermined path? I asked myself many questions about what my soul is, and I wanted to put my personal reflection on the canvas: I came to conclusion that the soul protects us by creating shields.
height 39 inch x width 55 inch
Four differently colored wings with the eyes inside of the shields (the photos of the eyes were taken in an ophthalmology clinic), two black wings of the nocturnal animal support colored wings (24-hour protection guaranteed ;-).
The sword behind the left shoulder (I have a very special relationship with this shoulder as it got injured and was operated the several times…). Many times, this shoulder protected me, at times it has prevented me from doing a lot of things, but I am sure it has changed the course of my life because (just like a radar) it helped to distinguish people and select best relationships.
Three types of shields (24/7 protection ;-)… Templar, Roman, Viking with Celtic runes.
The black dragon on her foot with his teeth out presented as the guard dog.
The soul protects itself with the mask on the face and the red feather on the shoulders, warning that no one could ever have the idea of attacking it.
The arrows that try to attack it, in fact, against these shields that the soul has built, become white and therefore harmless.
I perfectly realize that they are subjective sensations, and I would like the comparison with the spectators to understand how and what they perceive from their souls … I believe that the ideas of others would inspire me to create the new works because this research stimulates me a lot.
Angel of Strength
The great desire to obtain Swiss nationality forced me to learn patience. I wanted to express what the waiting process was for me, almost 2 very long years of balancing between arduous desire and impatience. The colors red and white are specially chosen in reference to the colors of the Swiss flag.
height 31 inch X width 47 inch
Patience for me was the suffering that I had to accept and live as serenely as possible. I believe that only meditative prayers helped me to overcome that period and for this reason the angel’s wings represent the spiritual strength from which I could draw energy.
The reflection I made – when children crave something and cannot get it immediately they burst into tears, maturing they teach us that we must learn patience and we sometimes learn it but I think we often learn to pretend to have learned it with apparently behaviors calm down, we must hold back our energies and meditate but also pray so as not to “explode” with inappropriate behaviors. However, the energy that creates the expectation remains “red” and burns and we try to tame it with patience.
The Phoenix
What brings us to transformation: birth or death, the beginning or the end?
The metamorphosis of the butterfly leads us to reflect how complex the process of transformation is, a phase must be completed to give birth to a subsequent phase. In the butterfly there is nothing of the caterpillar, neither in appearance nor in substance (the caterpillar feeds relentlessly, the butterfly flies and sometimes even lives without even feeding) and also for the butterfly to be born the caterpillar must be born …. and to give birth to the caterpillar, the butterfly must be born: it is a cycle.
height 55 inch x 39 inch
My reflection on transformation and change led me to create a work with the blue hourglass that pours the four physical appearance changes (actually experienced in person) into the phoenix. The hourglass represents time and the phoenix can break it because the force that enriches change is stronger than time, it is natural. The two caterpillars above start the process by eating the ivy leaves that surround the whole hourglass, the 4 personalities cancel each other out by merging and pour into the phoenix which in turn, opening its wings, breaks the boundaries and gives birth to butterflies that soar in flight. Butterflies also come out of the confines of the picture as a sign that there are no limits for rebirth and transformation or change.
Little Prince
With this work I wanted to represent the effect that the separation caused on me and I was inspired by the story “The Little Prince”.
height 31 inch x 47 inch
The rupture of the relationship between the Rose and the Little Prince pushes the Prince to leave her and to explore new worlds. A bit when we, after having processed the loss, go towards opportunities that we previously precluded from. The separation, however painful, is necessary, and the separation process leads to differentiation between oneself and others.
The distance from the Rose has allowed the Little Prince to understand their importance and to give value to their bond.
Our Rose could also be perceived as the metaphor of the family from which each of us must separate in order to grow, only to find it as an adult in a different relationship, based no longer on needs but on values and gratitude.
How many times do we think of our “Flower” as the Little Prince thought? “I should have judged it by deeds, not words. He perfumed me, enlightened me. I shouldn’t have walked away! I should have guessed his tenderness behind the little tricks … but I was too young to know how to love him “
In my painting, the Little Prince is bitten by 6 snakes which for me are: insecurity, suffering, loneliness, fear, boredom, impatience. Despite this, he managed to make his Rose grow more and more and get to the point of not feeling any more bites, because even if the snakes bite him they no longer cause any effect in him, and also because the love towards what he keeps inside. itself has become so solid and great that the only thing it feels is the ecstasy of pleasure.