How and why did you start your artistic career?

I have always been attracted to art subjects: my educational path began with art high school and continued with the Academy of Fine Arts and specialization in Multimedia Art at Brera. I have worked in publishing as an illustrator, as an interior decorator painting trompe l’oeil and participating in various art projects.

A few years ago I began to devote myself full-time to my artistic career, abandoning editorial collaborations to devote myself full-time to my artistic research.

How did you discover your medium and why did you choose it?

Drawing and painting have always fascinated me; while the materials I like to work with I choose are mostly based on the functionality of a specific work.

Can you talk about your creative process? How was your work born? How long do you take? When do you know it’s over?

My work stems from the need to act on my everyday: to grasp and create a mapping of what surrounds me and the spaces I walk through: like a kind of diary, of what is constantly present, near and seemingly irrelevant, aware that the observer produces what he observes.

The first layer of mapping are visual notes (before they were sketches) now digital photographs: I like cities, their architectural details…
The second layer is to treat the photograph, through the use of the computer, as if it were a painting: I break it down, simplify it, enlarge it especially, and even the colors take on new frequencies: I look for new coordinates and new information.

Finally, I paint with acrylic colors, create layering with earth and sand.
The work presented Q40 Via delle Ore, is part of a project started during quarantine in February and March 2020 where I was inspired by places in the surroundings to my home.

The realization time is almost impossible to quantify also because I continue with multiple projects, some I stop others go on..anyway it takes a long time..
It is equally difficult to define a finished work: at some point I impose it on myself because the pursuit of perfection has nothing positive about it.

Who are your favorite artists? Which ones are you inspired by?

My favorite artists are many; but the ones I always like to draw inspiration from are Robert Rauschemberg for his versatility and compositional elegance; Edward Hopper, for his atmospheres and use of color; Giorgio de Chirico for his architecture but especially for his use of everyday objects depicted out of their context; and finally Carlo Mattioli for the materiality of his painting.

THE ARTIST

Name: Lucia Dibi
Occupation: Painter

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