Andrea Racciatti - "Magic Forest"-XXL

Technical data:

"Magic Forest", acrylic on canvas, 2026.
The canvas painting is designed to be stretched on a 90 x 120 cm stretcher. The canvas measures about 5 cm more on each side to be able to stretch it correctly on the frame.
Shipping is done by rolling the canvas around a cardboard tube, protected, inside a packing box to prevent damage and reduce shipping costs. The painting is sent without a stretcher or frame.
The painting is original and unique, and is signed by the artist on the back of the canvas.
The certificate of authenticity is attached.
The photos available in the gallery give an idea of how the painting would look in different environments. The close-up detail photos also allow the painting technique to be appreciated.
The colors of the painting may present a slight variation on screen, depending on the photo and the monitor calibration used to view it. Differences in the materiality of the paint may also be observed, as I seek the richness and vibrancy of color through the layering of coats.
It is recommended to take the painting to a specialized place to be stretched on a frame so that it is mounted correctly.

My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andiracciatti/?hl=en

Statement:

My training is in painting, but in practice I have sought different ways to express my ideas. I work by producing series based on a single idea or “theme” that interests me. Sometimes, series are built within a larger “theme” where each one, together, forms a whole.
The painting "Magic Forest" is part of a series I have been working on in which I observe people alone or in company in parks in different cities. I observe them and photograph the scene without being seen, to then interpret it in my studio.
The images of faceless beings parade among the greenery, light and shadows of that depicted nature, embodying the various forms of expressions of love, or sometimes simply announcing their loss or nostalgia of pleasure.
Literary text and photography are generally the supports of my practice; they function as triggers of ideas and thoughts that materialize in my drawings and paintings.
I believe in art as a tool of personal and social transformation.
I am interested in my work being referenced and entering into dialogue with issues that are common to everyone, as inhabitants of the same world, affected by the same imaginaries, symbols and dreams.

Artist biography:
Andrea Racciatti was born in Rosario, Argentina. She is an Argentine and Italian citizen.
She earned a National Licentiate in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the National University of Rosario.
She lived and worked in Buenos Aires from 1982 until November 2024, when she emigrated to Barcelona, and settled in July 2025 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Barcelona, Spain.
Since 1980 she has participated in solo and group shows in Argentina and other European and American cities. As an art teacher she worked at several public and private institutions in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She currently jointly coordinates with artist Viviana Guasch the art space Estació d’art in Vilanova i la Geltrú. She also teaches workshops in studios and institutions in Barcelona.
Among others, she received the First Prize Lufthansa, National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires. She was part of the Grupo de la X with renowned international artists, participating in all its exhibitions. She has been part of the artistic collective La línea que camina since 2015, holding joint exhibitions and artistic interventions in different countries such as Argentina, France, Italy.

Recent exhibitions: (selection)

2026 - The inevitable order of things, Small Gallery, (solo) Madrid, Spain.
- Intemperie, a project about uprooting, fragility and bodies that inhabit the margins.
Cisma.art, Valencia, Spain.
2024 - Poetic function, curated by Carolina Antoniadis, Centro Creativo El Obrador, Buenos Aires.
- La Magma, La línea que camina, Legislatura, Buenos Aires.
2023 - The inevitable order of things, Jacques Martínez Gallery, (solo) San Isidro, Buenos Aires.
- Un horizon élargi, La línea que camina, Maison de l´Argentine, Cité Internationale Universitaire, Paris.
2022 - Exchanges, (solo) Fantastik Lab, Valencia, Spain, curated by Cristina Ghetti.
2019 - The infinite weave, (solo), Cité Internationale des Arts, festival Les Traversées du Marais, Paris.
- Superposed Buenos Aires-Paris, (solo), Estudio Abierto, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris.

Her works are in private collections in Argentina, the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, the National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires and the Museo de Scopkje, former Yugoslavia.