Nappi

Visual thinking is the ability to organize by means of images our feelings, thoughts and perceptions about the world around us. We often use visual hooks in our daily lives to refer to people and things We all know the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words," or sayings about colors, such as, "green with envy," "black humor," or "pink vision " We define the world, for the most part, by visual descriptions; we think in images, often using them to represent ideas and feelings. Jung, whose interest in visual symbols in dreams and art is well known, emphasized the importance of images in a "therapeutic path." He observed that by allowing a state of mind to be embodied in a dream or artistic image, one understands it more clearly and deeply by experiencing the emotions contained therein. In recent years it has been discovered that traumatic experiences are often encoded in the mind in the form of images, and it is quite natural for these memories to resurface as visual images Art then becomes a unique tool for expressing traumatic images, bringing them back to consciousness in a less threatening way We have all experienced that certain experiences and emotions are difficult or impossible to express in words. Through art, people are encouraged to express what they cannot put into words through drawing and painting. art has the ability to express feelings and emotions that can often be difficult to describe with words. While verbal language may be limited in its ability to communicate the intensity and complexity of human emotional experiences, art offers a different and more intuitive means of conveying such feelings. In many cases, art has been used as a way to explore and address complex feelings such as grief, sadness, joy, or love. Artists can convey their inner selves and share their most intimate emotional experiences with the public through artistic creation Nappi, uses art and its characteristics as a veritable alphabet capable of formulating words, sentences and concepts through color and sign The amount of interiority that the artist has injected into her works is palpable, and sometimes, when looking at her works, one has the feeling of looking inside a person's soul. Prominent in this case is "No 1," a work that, as we look at her, she looks at us. Above an expanse of blue, blue and acid green chromatic spots, two eyes stand up. They are wide-open, enigmatic eyes, with dilated pupils and eyelashes that look like veins and blood vessels. They are eyes that stare at us, scrutinize us, look into ourselves with disarming ease. They are eyes that have no eyelids and do not lose eye contact with what they are looking at They are there, and their task is to stare forever at whoever is looking at them Nappi throws her feelings, her emotions and her experience back into the work, managing to create, with the force of saturated color and form, disruptive and even distressing sensations in the soul of the viewer, sensations that words could never translate truthfully. Through art, Nappi accomplishes a catharsis, cleansing herself of her traumas, offering us observers a piece of her experience by creating a connection through the language of images.

Art Curator Lisa Galletti