Roberta Giuffrè - Dream

Acrylic painting on canvas, 90x65 cm. Very textured and in an expressive style. The canvas weighs about 2 kg and depicts a girl sitting on a bus who sleeps. It represents not only what is seen but also the inner journey of each of us.

BIOGRAPHY
My name is Roberta Giuffrè, I was born in San Giovanni Rotondo (Foggia) in 1996. My approach to painting is very gestural because I manage to highlight actions in free and direct connection with the artistic material I use. The artistic research I have engaged with focuses predominantly on the materiality of bodies, on the skin and the flesh, accompanied by a study that revolves around the human figure, static or in motion. As for nudes, they are integral, the aim is to deviate from academia, concentrating attention on the physical aspect of the body, highlighting flesh in its integrity, without ideals and stereotypes. It is a concept that involves vulnerability, intimacy and our relationship with what of us is matter. My paintings aim to exalt the skin we inhabit, highlighting proxemics (the spatial-postural attitude of the body), a movement that connects to a behavioral explanation of the human being. With the use of thick painting (a combination of colors, textures and synthetic or natural materials) one gives life to something deep and real, creating three-dimensionality on the canvas. The effect obtained is a work not only to look at, but also “to touch”.