Biography

In the art world there is the idea that anyone who creates art has the right to call himself an artist. But a good artist – and here lies all the difference – is the one who makes someone else feel something deep or unexpected. And this is what happens with the works of Laura Altobelli.

In everything there is a bit of art, but the viewer only has to find out how to see it, because it is often hidden, fragmented, disorganized and sometimes unpretentious. The challenge is to discover it, compose it and order it, that is, to observe things from a different point of view. If it is true that there is no universal formula for creating a work of art, it is also true that every artist must find his own way.

t’s like composing a song or a melody: the notes already exist and are seven. The most difficult part is to put them together and find the right balance between music and silence, between harmony and melody, obtaining creations with unlimited possibilities and endless transformations, “writing” a fabulous dictionary of shapes and colors, in which you can modify and regenerate the image.

In the works of Laura Altobelli all this happens: the lights and shadows, the strength and the delicacy, the vague and the concrete, the body and the soul meet to transform the large canvases into unrepeatable moods.

You cannot pass by a work by Laura Altobelli without stopping and remaining in meditation: somehow you do not just look, but you penetrate the ineffable world that brushstrokes create, as if to stop time.

At the recent edition of the BACS (Biennale d’Art Contemporain Sacré), which is the most important event of its kind on the Côte d’Azur, Laura exhibited an extraordinary work, which nailed hundreds of visitors for days in the large room where the work was exhibited in plain sight: “The blue veil” has an undeniable magnetic power, it releases a mystery as only great works of art can do: because great art has an impact on a wide spectrum of people.

A work of art needs to connect with the viewer on an emotional and personal level, it needs to ask questions and at the same time teach him something he didn’t know or show him something he didn’t know he knew. A work of art can generate mixed feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, pride or patriotism.

It expresses something and connects us to that thing in a way where words are not necessary: it is a feeling that is difficult to describe but that in a way makes us feel less alone. Because a work of art extends beyond its frame and becomes part of us.

Liana Marabini