The next July 3rd the internationally renowned painter Katia Papaleomember of The Perceptive Group, will star in a Critical insight at the Grenada Pavilion at the 60th Venice Art Biennale, at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello.
Known for works that are characterized by intense poetry, she will be the protagonist of an in-depth study on La scommesse di Arianna in which the composition, as stated by art critic Giulia Rustichelli: “branches out swirls of tones and speckles in the style of Ernesto Treccani; in which courage and trepidation mix, equal to the youth of the portrayed subject, who wages war without rest [… ] Katia Papaleo’s creation, faith of rebirth and healing, thus rises to a heap of life and suffering; memories pile up, challenge each other, complete each other, the instinctive, frank temperament overflows, as a lyrical transposition of a heartbreaking invocation and empathic conversation.“.
The work is significant of a pictorial production always characterized by a sparkling chromatism where the material on the canvas retains an impressionist flavor with echoes of Leonid Afremov. The mixtures of Ours initially rely on a drawing system that reflects the vision of reality in an essential way. This rendering gradually flows into a surrealistic abstraction.
In the rest of the production, attention is evident towards symbolism, that powerful language of expression that allows to communicate complexity. A connection is established with the visitor that allows to overcome linguistic and cultural barriers, in a mix that does not accept hierarchies where religions, myths, fantastic animals are positioned close to each other.
The artist offers new worlds, with an intense yet suffused, fairy-tale palette, which highlights a commonality with the mysterious research of Odilon Redon.… read the rest of the article»
Short Bio of Katia Papaleo
Born in 1971 in Milan, member of the collective The Perceptive Group in this edition of the Venice Art Biennale 2024, the artist has a professional training having attended the “Fucina dei Colori” school established by the Venetian Master Benito Trolese. Our artist has taken part in many exhibitions of which we mention first of all the monographic ones held in the Lombard capital, among which “La Scatola delle Emozioni”, set up in the spaces of the San Protaso Cultural Center (2013), the two-person “Emozioni”, at the Galleria degli Artisti (2016), those at the Alzaia Naviglio Grande (one in 2015 and two in 2016), “Lègami”, at the Museum of Art and Science (2018), in the Antico Oratorio della Passione di Sant’Ambrogio (2020) and at the Studio Zecchillo (formerly Studio Piero Manzoni) with “La poetica del colore” (2022). Papaleo is also present this year in a monographic exhibition at the City Gallery Vienna – located in the same city (June 2024). As regards the collective exhibitions, we can mention, but are not limited to, “Non si può perdersi dal colore”, at the Baggio Library (2011) and “Frammenti di Vita”, at the Centro dell’Incisione (2014), both in Milan; furthermore, the artist’s research was presented at “The faces, masks, landscapes of Piero Vannucci known as Perugino” at the Cartiera Medievale della Gaita San Giovanni in Bevagna (PG, 2023), at “Art, extension of divine creation” in the historic Galleria La Pigna del Palazzo Maffei Marescotti in Rome (2021), at the fifth edition of the International Art Competition city of Corchiano – held in the Renaissance Church of Sant’Egidio in Viterbo (2016), at the exhibition in the Berlin Gallery & Auction of the German capital (2016) and at the World Wide Art Show 2017 in Chelsea (New York). Other participations abroad include Istanbul, Abu Dhabi, London, Monte Carlo, Paris, Charleroi (Belgium), Berlin. His creations have been published in art volumes in the sector such as the Atlas of Contemporary Art in the 2020 and 2024 editions.
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