Biography
“With Patizia Polese, not only do we uncover her going about her daily routine, but we also discover a manifestation of her creative spirit weaving her artefacts into life.
The artist is led by her own senses on an intuitive path. Adopting a view from the inside of things, Patrizia achieves a certain level of abstraction by imitating light and growth processes, expressing origin and evolution of shapes
Meditation is the starting point of all her tapestries. She cherishes the dialogue that accompanies the chores of a daily routine, makes these moments in life hers and finds inspiration in them for her creations.
Thanks to this process, Patrizia can shape metal to explore its dual nature, giving some hope to a viewer immersed in a world of oppressive modernity. Hers are works moulded by the intense expressive power generating from shape and matter in contradiction with each other.
The result of such unexpected clashes is a tension that is recurrent in Patrizia’s aesthetics, tracing a path of strong will and effort.
“le tre esistenze” is like a metaphor where time melts away; a composition inspired by a song, a sound, the music in every thread, and it’s telling us that every moment in life is actually eternal.
Patrizia investigates, and shares with us, the views and impressions of the world around her, her work leans towards reflection through which she acknowledges the existence of hidden truths.
We have a way to see that for her there are no boundaries. Her hands – the hands of a Westerner – playfully weave cotton and wool into a fabric of Eastern flavour. This is her rapport with existence. Her skills thrive in an intimate environment, from her insights themes emerge, grow and evolve along more and more refined artistic paths …"
Diana Mendieta
