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

Annalisa Parisii/Art on the verge: a poetic transformation through AI

by Carole Dazzi e Romina Ciulli

Il dramma, Psiche series, 2024

The artistic project of Annalisa Parisii is a captivating journey between the new creative possibilities offered by generative art and the certainties of traditional painting. Drawing on the atmospheres of Metaphysical Art and Magical Realism, the space of representation is a familiar, evolving place, suspended and silent. A space where the viewer is invited to reflect deeply on his own existence and the certainties of everyday life, encouraged to imagine new stories and magical dimensions. Read more

Who’s next? Marisa Mori…

by Valentina Biondini, art and literature amateur

Dipinto futurista

Marisa Mori, born Maria Luisa Lurini, is an Italian painter who was self-taught, but soon art becomes her reason for living. Primarily a painter and an exponent of diverse artistic movements, she moved from the Turin school of Casorati to Futurism, eventually broadening her interests to photography and theater design. Read more

Sara Silks/A nostalgic trip down memory lane

by Romina Ciulli e Carole Dazzi

Oboro, Natsukashi, 2024

Sara Silks is an American photographer whose images seem to emerge gradually from the depths of memory. Her works resolutely explore themes ranging from fragility to vulnerability, from memory to contemporary issues, and are characterized by dreamlike, nostalgic atmospheres that awaken unexpected sensations. All this is achieved through an experimental, alternative methodological process that employs analog and digital tools, blending multiple techniques and employing diverse materials. Read more