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She likes to define herself as “a
painter and a traveler who loves to explore new
territories and cross borders”. LeoNilde Carabba, born
in Monza on the 28th of November 1938, presently lives
in Milan. LeoNilde's first works are refined rhythmical
compositions on a geometrical texture. In the Seventies
LeoNilde was strongly involved in the Women's Movement
and her work became free from geometrical motifs and
more fluent - with motifs of seas, skies, trees,
geological descriptions of the earth's crust on
increasingly large canvases. In 1982 she began to paint
on wooden boards and moved to Bolinas, California,
where she has remained for five years. Pierre Restany
said of her work: “You just need to pay some attention
to the lyrical morphology of LeoNilde Carabba's
language to understand the obvious fact that her
painting is made with skin, blood and heart. By
adopting this kind of language she demonstrates her
complete unselfishness in meeting her fate”. In 1988
she was back again in Milan. In the last decade her
work has become more refined and hinged on depth
symbols, about which Riccardo Barletta wrote: “Symbols
of no time and no place, as they can be found in any
age or culture. The Sacred Mountain, the Maze, the Sun,
the Zigurath, the Pyramid, the Mandala. It is a sort of
dictionary where any word becomes the Word”.
Recently Lem Art Group printed (first of one series of
eight pieces), a poster for the international market:
“Planetario: Spirale della Grande Madre e Cielo di
Chirone”.
Currently on the London Saatchi Gallery internet site
(http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/)
with paintings and a recent work: the Video/DVD
“Danzando attorno all’UNO”, music by Marcela Pavia.
Spring 2009, in Duolon Museum, Shanghai, with “I
Maestri di Brera” (Brera Masters)