The artwork features the word "DOCENT" prominently displayed in a minimalist, gray-scale composition. The simple, bold lettering takes up the majority of the frame, emphasizing the term "DOCENT" as the central focus. The overall style is clean and straightforward, with a stark contrast between the light background and the dark text. This artwork likely intends to draw attention to the role of the docent, the educational guide in a museum or gallery setting, in a conceptual manner that challenges traditional artistic representation. ...
Elisa Bertaglia (1983, Rovigo, Italy) is an Italian visual artist based in Brooklyn, who in her artistic research, freely pursues layers of experimentation by using changing mediums and techniques. Despite starting her career primarily as a painter, in recent years Bertaglia’s practice has become more eclectic and experimental, leading her to create wall drawings, sculptures, ceramics, installations, large or small scale paintings, and site-specific projects. Through a philosophical and conceptual approach, the artist investigates symbols in contemporary society and its short circuit which in recent years brought forth an identity and communication crisis. In particular, she analyzes the symbol as a semantic threshold in which a signifier and a meaning merge to communicate a universal message. Her research is strongly influenced by oriental philosophical doctrines, which develops a peculiar vision of time and space in her work. As demonstrated from the titles of her work, Bertaglia’s work is open to different spheres of influence. Among these, literature and cinema have always played a central role. ...
