Matilde Piacentini

The "Pieces" exhibition project is an exploration of the fragments of existence and the ideas from the artist Matilde Piacentini. In each of her collages, the artist crafts a composition that describes a fragmented world, unified in a unique way through her perspective. The themes she describes are also various: social reflections, as seen in works like “Lacrime di Eva” ("Tears from Eve") or “Abbraccio Sospeso” ("Suspended Embrace"), are intertwined with personal memories or concepts rooted in the artist's own ideologies. The use of color holds a central role in shaping her subjects, alongside fragments of figures. In each composition, often seemingly contradictory elements are used to highlight the positive and the negative, the light and dark, of each story or topic addressed. The juxtaposition of figures that appear to come from classic black-and-white cinema with intensely vivid and saturated tones creates a visual interplay, producing a varied yet harmonious whole, much like the phases of existence. The language adopted is equally multifaceted, reflecting the artist's versatile nature, without ever losing the atmosphere typical of the Surrealism. It is a visual realization of a paradox, one that becomes as close to reality as possible, in relation to the objectivity of reality itself.