Tsikla

Asia Marangon, aka Tsikla, is a young Italian painter from Treviso. Artistic creation, conceived as a catharsis and deep meditation, has allowed her not only to transform personal pain into something positive and constructive but at the same time to get to know herself better and to explore and externalize her inner world. The emotions, fears and sensations experienced pour into the paintings, transforming and crystallizing into abstract shapes with bright colors and different textures. The surprising pictorial effects, which change appearance depending on the lighting, are the result of a long process of research and experimentation conducted on the reaction of materials to UV light. Tsikla, therefore, offers the observer three different visions of the same artwork, emphasizing the mutability of what surrounds him. Nature is the main source of inspiration; the natural elements are transfigured by the emotions that their sight aroused in the artist and therefore proposed in a personal and expressive key. In "Pico del Teide, 28.2235°N, 16.6297°0, 29 de noviembre de 2019 21:30", dated 2022, Tsikla fixes on the canvas the majesty of the night sky that has admired some years ago; if illuminated by UV light, the celestial vault shown here lights up with bright and vibrant colors that change from blue to purple, from magenta to orange; the constellations are transformed into luminous trails of a fluorescent green, highlighting the imperceptible and perpetual motion of the earth. Also dated 2022 is the mixed technique painting on wood entitled "Pesci", a reference to the artist's astrological sign. The undulating and sinuous shapes that characterize it recall the waves of the sea, while the almost encrusted raised areas seem to be inspired by coral reefs. Also in this case the colors change completely with UV light, assuming decisive blue-violet tones. With "Frattale", painted in mixed technique on wood and dated 2021, the artist examines the repetition in nature of the same geometric shapes in progressively smaller dimensions. Fractals testify that even in nature there is a precise order, perhaps hidden by an apparent chaos. This order-chaos is reflected in the artwork: an explosion of different colors and textures in which one can identify the recurrence of branching elements of progressively smaller dimensions. Tsikla's artworks invite the viewer to discover and explore the world around him and to celebrate and be grateful for every moment of life.

Art Curator Vincenza Ursillo