A Piece of Sicily, a Piece of Geisha
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Filippo Sciascia from Sicily stays in Bali and paints using images from photographs and video films. As for Coda Zabetta, he came from Biella and likes to travel in Japan. His expression is wild. Magelang’s Langgeng Gallery is exhibiting the works of the two Italian artists at the National Gallery in Jakarta.
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THE cracks all over the canvas make the painting look as if it were uttering a vague memory. It looks as if it were whispering the personal memory of the artist about everyday life in his village in faraway Sicily. A panorama of the streets, buildings, a swimming lover, frescoes, and Greek statues.
There is a church, painted in monochrome colors with grey nuance. A black patch beneath the church represents a map. The cracks are featured not onl
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