This abstract artwork features a vibrant, fiery composition of bold, vertical strokes in shades of warm, reddish-brown hues. The overall visual effect resembles the natural patterns and textures found in wood grain or tree bark, evoking a sense of organic, elemental energy. The artist's use of striking, gestural brushwork and the predominance of earthy tones contribute to the piece's powerful, almost primal aesthetic. While the subject matter is not immediately recognizable, the work invites the viewer to explore the interplay of color, form, and texture, highlighting the artist's skilled manipulation of the medium to create a captivating, contemporary expression. ...
For nearly ten years, Alison Flora (b. 1992) has been using drawing and painting, as well as sculpture, music and video, to exhume the dark side of the world and open portals to another reality, as dark as it is salvific. Her works on paper painted with her own blood, a technique that has made her famous since 2019, are the most explicit incarnation of this visceral connection with the limbo of the soul and the insoluble enigmas of the subconscious, which she also explores through music, sculpture and her practice as a VJ (video jockey). Steeped in regional folklore and the occult, medieval architecture and gothic literature, but also a whole underground culture - metal, industrial rock, raves - the young woman’s work translates the anguish and hopes, dreams and nightmares of a generation lost in the torments of its time, from which it seeks to escape. ...
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