Lee Bramper

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. (Aristotle)

Lee Bramper's art resonates through her artworks as a courageous hymn to freedom of expression, which transcends the canonical consideration of art and beauty to approach non-institutionalized creative forms such as street art. The irrepressible force of Lee's verve has the effect of a powerful cry of self-affirmation, which is declined in dense and material brushstrokes. KOI LADY - the work presented by the artist during the ARTOXIC exhibition - highlights on the one hand the typical visual intensity of graffiti art, but on the other a great attention to the details that characterize the portrayed woman. From an indefinite background of gray and black, the splendid profile of a girl emerges, looking downwards. Her large dark hat covers most of her face, but this still fails to hide her perfect, almost sculpted beauty. The title of the work refers to the koi carp, which adorns the hat like a brooch, and lights up the composition with its shades of red. The artist seems to tease the observer with a daring similarity between the luxurious fish and the girl, alluding to the existential condition that unites them. As the carp lives her existence in a narrow aquarium, so also the woman feels constrained in a restricted vital space. With her splendid artistic representation, Lee Bramper manages to involve us from the first glance in a complex work, which attempts to push us to a profound reflection on the essence of freedom as a precious asset to be defended, to allow us to get out of a state capable of limit ourselves even more than the glass of an aquarium.