Mira Maodus/The creative power of colour

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Les petits plaisirs

The works of French artist Mira Maodus of Serbian-Russian origin are characterized by complex interactions between shapes and colors, overlapping signs and numbers, giving rise to truly visual narratives with dreamlike and vibrant atmospheres. Her research, in fact, focuses on the very essence of the artistic approach, aiming to free the constraints of the sign in a free and universal creative context. Her professional career, which has evolved from figurative to abstract, includes a fifty-year stint at Atelier 11 in Paris where, through various stories and testimonies, she was influenced by the legacy of artists like Amadeo Modigliani, Chaim Soutine and Constantin Brancusi. Her works have been exhibited in galleries and exhibitions in countries such as Italy, France, Great Britain, the United States, China, Russia, Canada, and more. Let’s talk with the artist. Read more

Lorenzo Di Lucido/The art of happening

by Carole Dazzi e Romina Ciulli

Due fiori blu appesi, 2025

The work of artist Lorenzo Di Lucido originates from a vibrant reflection on the foundations of traditional painting, reimagining landscapes and portraits through a progressive shift towards abstract form, emerging from the surface of the canvas trasnsformed by layers of color. His artworks, often monochrome, manifest a subtle internal tension between the material accumulated brushstroke after brushstroke, and the light that strikes it, to reach the perfect balance, the moment when, according to the artist, something happens. Read more