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Artist Roberta Coni
Was born in
Marino (Rome) in 1976. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in
1999. She integrated her studies abroad with two grants in Spain and the United
States. Primarily interested in the human figure, she mixes the classical
technique of oil painting with heavy body paste made of bitumen, melted wax and
glue.Since 2009, her artistic research has been geared toward large-scale
paintings, in which the face often emerges from the shadows. An interpretation
of the contemplative soul aimed in continuous introspection. Her work is
characterized by its strong realism while combining rougher materials. Female
figures with poignant expressions, faces in the foreground, where, with
detailed attention, almost lenticular, the brush focuses on the skin and eyes,
and in particular to the secret pulse of the pictorial surface. The faces are
often violated by time flowing relentlessly on the skin, deforming and shaping
it over the years, to lay bare the soul. She has created a compendium of
contemporary work as she integrates video-art with the visual language of her
paintings for creations made with the same techniques.Lately she has begun an
ambitious project related to the pictorial realization of the Divine Comedy by
Dante Alighieri. She has received numerous awards abroad including England,
Turkey and China.
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