Jara Marzulli - La nostalgica

The Nostalgic (from nostalgia). An oil painting on canvas, refined in the rendering of color and in the vibrant, bright, and light brushstrokes.
The work is part of a period in which the artist carried out research into renewing a lost identity, also through mythological stories and many symbols of the feminine and of identity.

The work depicts a woman immersed in an environment that can be freely interpreted, though it leads toward natural aspects with the presence of small dragonflies around. The character can be likened to the figure of a Goddess, from the human and ever-relevant side, in search of her ancestral identity; she cuts her braid to renew herself and rewrite a new story.

The main aspects are always the looks and the naturalness of a body, not perfect according to conventional aesthetic standards, not exposed to pleasure, but that becomes a witness, itself of the entire message, which communicates confidence and dignity, going beyond mere observation.

The work has a tall stretcher and may not require a frame.

An authenticity certificate of the original artwork will also be shipped with each piece.

Jara Marzulli's works are part of private collections in many parts of the world, including museum collections such as in Athens, Catania at MacS, in the Pinacoteca di Gaeta, at the Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera, and in Cadiz, Spain.
It is noted in major catalogs of the finest artistic representation, as well as in international print and online books and magazines. The latest book, 'La statura della palma,' published by Selvatiche Edizioni, featuring 15 images of her works in collaboration with poet Francesca del Moro, is available for order through various stores, platforms, or at orders@selvaticheedizioni.com.

Jara Marzulli
Born in Bari, he graduated from the Liceo artistico di Bari and later from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bari with top honors. Since 1998, he has participated in exhibitions and competitions, quickly earning recognition, awards, and significant selections.
His figurative realist painting style becomes immediately recognizable, and since 2004, he has begun gaining international experience through fairs, biennials, and important exhibitions.

His art grows and tells of a feeling that is both ecstatic and sensual, made even more striking and moving by the technical perfection that characterizes the artist. A lucid and tearing expressive quality, an indefinable purity that dresses itself in painting, a constant play of surprises, of role exchanges between the artist who paints and the subject depicted.

Numerous are the prestigious biennials and art exhibitions where the artist exhibits in Italy and abroad, such as in Turkey, at Art Taipei Fair, Taiwan, China, at the Red Elation gallery, Hong Kong, at the MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Dublin, at the Maguncia Museum, Buenos Aires in Argentina, and in London.

Jara Marzulli's figures have intense, direct, frontal gazes. They possess the dignity of subjects ready to respond with great immediacy. The characters, occupying almost the entire space of the canvas, visually represent men, women, girls, and boys who seem to recognize the observer as a stranger; they sustain the gaze, reject it, and push it away to defend the silence of their precious inner world.

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