Fuochi Sculpture, 2019
Bronze on Bronze, 2.4 W x 15.7 H x 8.7 D
Statement from the artist: Francesca’s work is characterized by mixed anatomies and forms. Human faces and bodies are combined with different textures, skins and elements, giving birth to hybrid beings.
Through her characters, she studies the issues of transformation, identity, sense of belonging, self perception, dreams, and magic. She is interested in communication between human beings, with the cosmos and with the divine, connecting the current world with a mythical and ancestral universe.
The stories of each character, isolated in an intimate and personal dimension, are reflections of human values, perceptions and emotions. The forms that Francesca explores are an invitation to reevaluate the concept of beauty and values in general, moving away from stereotypes, suggesting different reflections and feelings, and the possibility of putting our beliefs in discussion.
As an artist, her most important task is to stimulate a new feeling and thinking, and finally evoke a change in the viewer. Francesca resorts mainly to sculpture because it is an immediate, direct language, without abstraction or synthesis. The sculpture is inevitably honest, solid, hides nothing; It is a perfect tool for self-knowledge and for knowing each other, displaying the ability to contact with oneself.
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Francesca Dalla Benetta, an Italian artist living in Mexico, conducted her studies at the Academy of Arts in Milan. Since 2004, she has been dedicated to the realization of special effects and sculpture for the movie industry, and thanks to this profession, she learned modeling techniques that she begun to transpose into her personal work as an artist. Francesca arrived in Mexico in 2006 with the production of the film Apocalypto by Mel Gibson, and she decided to stay for professional reasons. The surrealist influence of life in Mexico, together with the love for cinema and fantasy literature, determined her style and concept in a decisive way.
Her work investigates the fantastic anatomy, dreams, self-identity, transformation and spiritual evolution, the sense of belonging, loneliness, the connection between human beings, with the cosmos and with the divine. In her career, Francesca has 15 individual exhibitions (Galeria Oscar Roman, Fundaci n Sebastian, Galeria de la Universidad Iberoamericana, Espacio y Lugar, Aguafuerte, Galeria Malaga etc) and numerous collectives (Galeria Corsica, Galeria Oscar Roman, Ex Teresa, among others) and numerous collectives in Mexico and Italy.
Her work has been reviewed in specialized art magazines (Horizontum, Scenario, La Razon, Milenio Diario, El universal, Distrito Global) as well as in numerous cultural programs on radio and television (Milenio TV, Channel 22, Channel Once, El Matutino TV, El financial TV, among others). Part of her career consists of dedicating herself to teaching plastic arts and characterization: for 9 years, she has been training new talents in the artistic and cinematographic field.
Visit her online: www.francescadallabenetta.com