060612 60×200 cm
Oil on ancient canvas
Year: 2024This piece is part of the “VALCO” series of paintings.

Every brushstroke tells a story and in this painting they are the traces that our emotions leave in our body: red is fire and for me it means action and creativity.

The symbolic form of the circle, where origin and destination merge, is the starting point for understanding the works by Laura Rambelli on display here. These pieces are born from dreams and personal reflection, and they, in turn, become a reason for further introspection within the artist’s meditative journey. In the monumental canvases, colors blend into one another in shapes with undefined outlines. Traditional symbolic meanings intertwine with personal interpretations: the number seven, a recurring symbol in various cultures, emerges as a central element. A repeated form, similar to a chanted prayer, materializes on the canvas. The artist herself reveals that “the central oval shapes represent the shamanic mirror which, in the transcendent dream world, outlines the spatiotemporal tunnels through which the archetypal consciousness flows eternally, like a river of terrifying energy.”

Every artwork tells a story, and in this painting, I let the colors and “stains” explode to become part of the observation of the canvas. Each “stain” of color thus becomes an object of observation, just like when you focus on a mandala.