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Gisella Ardizzone's Art
The Eolian Islands are a place of secret, magic: the
magical spirit of rocks, fire and ash contrasting
with the brilliant blue waves of the sea. The charm
of the Eolian Islands cannot easily be found in the
restless comings and goings of the summer tourist
season: it is a charm that comes to the fore in the
twilight hours when the tides bring with them the
taste of salt and the sky takes on purple and pearl
shades before the fall of darkness.
This secret magic, this charm with its varied shades
and sudden clues, is brought to life by the pensive
brushwork of Gisella Ardizzone in her intensely
meaningful canvases.
They are swift jottings in which the environment
unexpectedly gives way to apparently strange symbols
- ... a group of candles on a dark blue background,
twisted "fringes" brought down like a curtain, sharp
black rocks gashed by red and white, unusually
shaped primevalplants... - Are they, the islands or
the human, resolve to be at one with nature, which
awaits shrouded in veiled mists?
This is perhaps the first - not the last - question:
while the wind and the wave, of the Mediterranean
beat relentlessly against the deep blues of the
canvases- .
Claudia Nazari
Palermo, April 2003 |
