The exhibition titled “Doppia vita” features about ten works from a cycle begun three years ago
“The figures inhabiting the pictorial worlds imagined by the artist, while remaining recognizable in their anatomical structure, become unstable; they gradually merge into the backgrounds, traversed by tensions, marks, and overlaps that constantly challenge their unity and nature”, notes Gaetano Salerno in the introductory text for Maria Angela Tiozzi’s exhibition. Titled “Doppia vita”, the show is held until February 28 in the exhibition spaces of the Libreria Coop in Venice-Mestre.
On this occasion, the Venetian artist presents about ten works belonging to a cycle started three years ago. In these pieces, sheets of acetate are painted, scratched, cut, and reassembled to modulate a silhouette that, from a frontal view, evokes a headless human body.
Her art stems from photography and finds inspiration in classical statuary
“I began constructing my images starting from photography and the resulting possibility of conceiving a form that was about to be born. In this, I also found inspiration in classical statuary”, Maria Angela recalls. In these instances, ghostly elements emerge, capable of stirring unexpected emotions in those who observe them with the necessary perceptual engagement, even finding themselves becoming interpreters of such a creative process.
This is possible because the artist articulates and offers “an imagery dense with references, in which figuration is charged with new metaphorical values,” Salerno further emphasizes. Here, anyone can suddenly encounter or reconstruct a hidden and astonishing part of themselves. It is a surprising result, proving once again that art - when it truly is art - fully manifests the absolute transitive importance of its role, capable of illuminating the thoughts of those who welcome it.
She shapes silhouettes that, from the front, recall a headless human body
