by PAOLA SANTAGOSTINO

Artwork Description

MEMORIES 2

180.0 x 180.0 cm

MEMORIES is a series of large paintings consisting of 9 panels, each one depicting the mental map of a particular memory. The inspiration to paint these works came to me when I realized that in my mind memories appeared as 'little windows' that suddenly opened overlooking a panorama of images, but also of mental connections that those scenes aroused: paths of thought that led from one event to another, tying them together in a network of meanings. Painting each panel, I tried to retrace these paths of memory and to give a schematic image of the neuronal network they activated. The color of the panels symbolically corresponds to the mood that those memories aroused: there are serene and deep memories as in blues, fiery and passionate memories as in reds, precious memories as in gold....

Artwork Details

Medium: Painting Acrylic

Genre: Abstract