MyMicroGallery is pleased to present the group exhibition, curated by Stefania Carrozzini , "Flower Obsession", in which ten artists participate: Makiko Asada, Eva Breitfuss, Debora Ferruzzi Caruso, Susi Lamarca, Felipe Cardena, Stefania Carrozzini, Anne van Leeuwen, Evgeniya Zolotareva, Silva Nironi, Marina Geipel . On display photographic works, collages, paintings and installations.
It is almost impossible to imagine a time when the grace, beauty, charm and delicacy of flowers did not seduce us. We turn to them throughout our lives and on multiple occasions, they are our companions in joy and sorrow.
There is no such clear sign of renewal, rebirth and awakening. Although bright, the flowers fade quickly and are therefore a symbol of ephemeral beauty, of the transience of existence. Flowers are also a symbol of strength and lightness, let's think of their strong roots that invade even the most inhospitable terrain, rocky terrain, along highways or on asphalt.
The flower is a natural mandala and symbolically represents the wheel and the eternal movement of the cosmos that guides everything. The hermaphroditic nature of flowers is a symbol of the union of opposites in the process of self-realization. And this symbolic force has always fascinated artists who have often made it the subject of their works. Over time, from a simple detail, the flower becomes the absolute protagonist starting with the painter Hans Memling up to its consecration with Caravaggio.
In this way the natural theme is placed on the same level as the human one, of the great stories of the Gods or of the Saints. The flower and nature, and what is connected to this world, is no longer a simple decoration, an elegant means to enrich a work, now it becomes a real theme, noteworthy, worthy of representation and no longer plays a marginal role as in the past.
The advent of photography has played an important role in the representation of flowers from the past to the present day, where artists, using advanced techniques and increasingly sophisticated tools, explore the floral world in a total way, giving body to a true obsession: flowers. They explode, implode through all expressive languages, from video art to installation and sculpture. Their beauty remains, even in the apparent narrative cliché, the fulcrum of the privileged communication between man and nature.
Photography on Alu Dibond 40x50 cm
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The exhibition will run from April 21 to May 3, 2022
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