The unbearable lightness of Art
The life story of everyone of us is hinted at in Brigitta Rossetti's works; as is the sense of time, indefinite or suspended as it may be, an imaginary inner, spiritual space; we can perceive the defeat of man and of the world, the anxiety of separation, the loss of Eden.
A feeling of bewilderment in surrealistic infinite permeates Brigitta Rossetti's artistic skill: a close link with the Creation led by intense passion which, in a fairly personal way, is expressed in rarified, almost monochrome hues; sometimes a disquieting, symbolic palette, other times a musical, soothing one. In her works presences are sort of shapeless ectoplasms statically lying in space and wrapped in thick fog or cosmic steam.
There are frequent references to 20th century international painting, especially to the watery atmospheres of Venice, decadent and representative of a decaying world, as portrayed by Zoran Music. The lights of the lagoon become the metaphor of an intense representation of inner life, of a meticulous mental investigation on the sense of living , on the basic role of nature and on the mystery of the universe..
Brigitta Rossetti paints as though she was playing a sort of universal harmony, rhythmically feeding the palette with soft chromatic tonalism of brown, golden, orange earths, and the canvas is a sort of sacred icon open upon a lay, earthly world, restlessly reaching out towards the sky. In "New Moon" the celestial body is the symbol of a distant, destination that can be reached only by soul and poetry and the physical world is replaced by the ephemeral presence of shadows blurred in the semi-darkness of the surrounding space.
Real art, the ancients used to say, is being able to let people see the world with a different outlook. Brigitta Rossetti owns such gift and shows her intimate universe with disquiet and a sense of mystery. A universe which each time is renewed by the outline of a landscape, the figure of an animal, a sky; never just the image of reality, but the inner vision of a mood.
The artist has discovered new scenarios and the desert represents the ideal setting to convey the idea of silence by making light and energy flow into paintings filled with elegant, sensuous shapes and allegorical sinuous lines. A sand dune created by the wind outlines visual paths that lead to man lost in the ancestral loneliness of the world. Brigitta Rossetti's works are being exhibited at the Brehova Gallery in Prague for the whole present month of February; they are a further step forward in her cultural and artistic experience, leading to the discovery of new lands, new traditions and new countries.
The works exhibited include, among others, "Shallah", "La casa della paura" (House of Fear), "Prima del deserto" (Before the Desert), which epitomize her style, both vigorous and intimist.
Guido Folco Art Critic and journalist
