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Louise Giovanelli paints striking hypnotic works that emit light both on a visual and metaphorical level. Her works often show mysterious objects, such as a closed curtain, a glimmering shock of hair, or the reflecting surface of a cocktail glass. There are also human figures, often women, seemingly caught in moments between awe and desperation, or about to cross over a border of experience and knowledge. Their motives are held deliberately unclear, and are presented together with the analogue blurring of a memory or a half-forgotten dream.
The title A Song of Ascents is taken from a series of religious psalms that were traditionally recited by pilgrims on their travels to holy sites. For Giovanelli, the idea of an “ascent” reflects our human longing to attain higher states of consciousness, whether through spiritual devotion, sensuality and love, states of intoxication, the thrill of performance, or just horror. This journey to...More
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Louise Giovanelli paints striking hypnotic works that emit light both on a visual and metaphorical level. Her works often show mysterious objects, such as a closed curtain, a glimmering shock of hair, or the reflecting surface of a cocktail glass. There are also human figures, often women, seemingly caught in moments between awe and desperation, or about to cross over a border of experience and knowledge. Their motives are held deliberately unclear, and are presented together with the analogue blurring of a memory or a half-forgotten dream.
The title A Song of Ascents is taken from a series of religious psalms that were traditionally recited by pilgrims on their travels to holy sites. For Giovanelli, the idea of an “ascent” reflects our human longing to attain higher states of consciousness, whether through spiritual devotion, sensuality and love, states of intoxication, the thrill of performance, or just horror. This journey to...More
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