Swallowing Sky

Bea Bonafini

Swallowing Sky, 2022120 x 32 x 18cmSign in to view price
Details
Material
porcelain and steel
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This contemporary sculptural work features a striking abstract composition of organic, layered forms. The combination of muted earth tones and vibrant pinks and reds creates a sense of movement and dynamism. The sculpture's irregular, asymmetrical shape and rough, textured surface suggest a natural, almost geological quality. The artist's focus on exploring the interplay of volume, space, and materiality reflects a modernist sensibility, inviting the viewer to contemplate the interplay of form and the underlying creative process. ...

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Artist
Bea Bonafini
B.1990, Italian

Through painting, tapestry, ceramics, and drawing, Bea Bonafini investigates the porous boundaries between states of being. Her work inhabits a constant state of flux, responding to its surroundings and reflecting the ever-shifting nature of identity, which is continuously reshaped by experience and context. Her practice bridges cultures, blending symbols, materials, and visual languages to dissolve rigid distinctions. Bonafini’s creations function as living surfaces—fragmented, mutable, and perpetually in motion—where gestures, textures, and forms migrate, shedding their original significance and reemerging in unexpected ways. By layering and reconfiguring these elements, she revitalizes cross-cultural mythologies, merging them into contemporary and deeply personal narratives. Oscillating between monumental and intimate formats, her works establish transient sanctuaries, protective spaces that evoke a lost or suspended spirituality. Drawing inspiration from archaeology and literature, she constructs environments where histories, myths, and identities are constantly deconstructed and reassembled, embracing impermanence and the fluidity of human experience. In this way, her practice becomes a meditation on transformation, memory, and the interconnectedness of all things. ...

Bea Bonafini: Artworks
Swallowing Sky