Gabriella Alongi

"Gabriella Alongi is an Italian artist, born and raised in Sicily, now based in Trapani. Her strong philosophical interest and passion for painting led her to create a wonderful union between these two disciplines. Her works are in fact very deep and reflective. They contain messages and concepts to be discovered. The theme of the exhibition "Aldilà" held by M.A.D.S. Art Gallery inspires the artist and pushes her to present two works that are very close to the concept of the exhibition. In fact, in Italian it means " on the other side", "the other side of the coin", it means “the other side of things”, “what is not seen". It is interesting to analyze the work entitled “Lalba", which has a horizontal composition and is made of oil. Lets start the analysis by reading the quote that the artist leaves us about this painting: “Dawn is the beginning of a morning in a world that does not exist. Dawn is something that is not visible but that exists in the invisible". We are therefore talking about the moment when the sun rises and brings with it a new beginning. Darkness makes room for the light. The artist describes this moment as invisible in our reality, but visible in another. Dawn is like magic, every day is different, every day presents new colors. Gabriellas work is tinged with delicate pastel colors on which pink prevails. The colors blend with each other to form a sort of floral "mass" that floats in the sky. The artist gives life to the dawn. Give birth to this moment. The force of the moment, the force of light is perceptible and is visually compared to the power of the waves of the sea, represented on the right of the canvas.Even more complex is the analysis of the second work in the exhibition, entitled “I tre mondi" which means “The three words” and its made of acrylic on canvas. The artist claims to have been inspired by the art of the Indian philosopher Sri Chinmoy, the one who spread the art of meditation in the West. The work is conceptually complex in that it contains within itself three worlds, just as described in the title. The three worlds represent three different levels of knowledge, one transcending the other, to raise man to a higher consciousness, explains the artist. Observing the work, these three worlds emerge and allow the viewer to make a journey and discover them one at a time, in a certain sense performing a meditative act. Order is not essential, every spectator begins his journey from where he feels most attracted. Reading the work in the "western" way we find ourselves facing the first world, a forest of pines that are very reminiscent of the Japanese works of Hasegawa Tōhaku (in particular "Pine Trees"), they are reflected on the frozen lake that seems almost to float in the air until it vanishes. Then the eye moves to the right and slides through the sinuous and delicate leaves of a tree that the artist calls "the tree of paradise" and that visually resembles a weeping willow. The tree leads to a meticulously crafted waterfall. It is important to point out that the "journey" can also start from the waterfall and therefore in this case the tree would lead to an ascent towards self-discovery. The work is undoubtedly a source of meditation and the delicate colors make an important contribution to maintaining a relaxed and harmonious environment".