Aösora

A clear blue sky stands out before our eyes. Small white dots interrupt the color area to go to stain the cerulean surface. They are white clouds that, lightly, travel across the sky. The coloring of the sky and the clouds seems to lead the time and space of the work back to a clear, clear summer morning. The sun is already high on the horizon, and the only impediment that prohibits us from losing our gaze in the blue sky are the strands of electricity that branch out at the bottom of the work. Precise black marks spread throughout the composition and that contrast with the sense of freedom sprung from the turquoise space. Their shape is subtle, they are parallel and extremely refined, and they are the only sign of human presence within the work Yet, if we look closely, this portion of the sky covers only part of the representational space If we shift our gaze to the right we notice the presence of some globiform elements that stand out against a completely black backdrop. These elements are characterized by a whitish outline that at times becomes consistent at other times becomes more faint, and they have a bluish-white halo within them as if to highlight their actual proximity to the portion of the work first examined. What are we observing? What is that whitish lattice expanding at the edge of the sky? Widening our gaze, we immediately understand: we are facing the pictorial representation of a turtle. Those globiform elements are nothing more than the scales covering the animal's little head and two front flippers. And its body? The sky crossed by clouds and high-tension wires is its carapace. Through a game with a distinctly Surrealist flavor, Aösora sets in motion a decomposition of the planes of reality by relating a landscape view and making it a part of an animal's body. This formal device is the signature of the artist who, both in this work and in the others, produces this connection, this bond between the animal represented and the blue sky. "Sky Sea Turtle," through the representation of the vault of heaven and the sea animal, creates a profound connection with nature through the expedient of amazement and surprise that is slowly manifested by looking at the work and its colors Yet, if we look closely, there is an incongruent element present and one that, with regard to the discourse on nature has very little to do with it. It is the electricity wires rising into the sky. These wires, traceable to human handiwork can be seen as a warning, as a trace that indicates the rooted human presence even in such natural and pristine environments-and works.

Art Curator Lisa Galletti