acrylic and oil on canvas, 100 x 110 cm, 2025

«[…] But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams».

(W. B. Yeats, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven)

In Lillà e Cannella, a suspended non-place unfolds, a dreamlike space where color becomes an emotional medium and a reflection of a restless interiority. The title alludes to the secret language of dreams: what appears does not coincide with what it means; here, camouflage occurs, whereby botanical references become reflections of memories, desires, or anxieties, censored so they can be viewed without fear. In this context, two goats emerge as liminal figures of the unconscious: presences that cross the psychic landscape as tensions or potential guides, without ever resolving into a single meaning. It is a vulnerability that chooses to show itself, but to do so, it must wear the filters of a dream—the only veil capable of protecting the fragility of the ego while it is exposed.

Biography

Born in Mechernich (Germany) in 2001. Graduated in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice, where she currently attends the Master’s degree course of the same faculty.

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