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MIRTA dE SIMONI LASTA

Lives and works in volano (TN), Italy

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Rarely does an artist transmit a self portrait in such an incisive and, The technique used requires true sentiment with its creatures and spaces
shall I say, apprehensive manner. In her paintings, Mirta De Simoni Lasta which, from time to time, restrain the human body yet, with a commotion
uses, with emphasis, expressionist models which, although varying with of senses, make it the reason of the work of art. A work that is not meant
direct reality, recall the same colours, the same lighting and an almost to restructure the world (even cognitive) through transmutation of colours
homogeneous morphology. She paints human figures, builds multi-layered and light, but only wants to spread messages of faith in, and love for, life,
towers, narrating real and problematic stories which, under the thrust of the and establish a contact with spirituality and the interiority of Creation.
psychoanalytic relationship between the artist and her viewers, become Our contemporary world is hungry for innovations, heedless facts and
an intimist language and that, regardless the informal symbols, express situations, and new technological projects, however, our culture remains a
quality and voluntary and momentary adherence to reflexions of analyses constant of mankind which invites us to observe new products with a certain
towards a world of original artistic representation. sense of nostalgia for the recent past. These paintings, rich in emotions
De Simoni Lasta creates a poetic language of strong interior lyricism, with and with a strong sense of animosity, suggest that we look at them with a
her female figures, seemingly iconic but abundant and heavy with refined critical sense, because in all of them there are elements of true fascination
rhythms of balance and composition; a sensation, therefore, of picturesque which make us realise that the described reality reflects the lives of each
surfaces with such a strong pungent and active sonority that they transmit and one of us, built slowly but progressively today for tomorrow, through a
a shimmer of air or of light, typical of the great romantic civilisation of continuous analysis of our sensitivity. Through her work, Mirta De Simoni
Northern Europe - the same shimmer that, in the preceding century, Lasta strives to analyse the human being and, with great stylistic dignity,
produced its more mature works in the Impressionists’ new experiences. succeeds at reaching a high sense of professionalism.
Francesco Martani

 IDeNtIta, 2007 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 48x327,5 IN. / 120x70 CM.  NatUre, 2007 ACRYLIC ON CANvAS 31,5x40 IN. / 80x100 CM.

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