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This vibrant contemporary artwork features an arresting visual composition. The dominant colors are deep purple and navy blue, creating a striking contrast against the lighter background. The central focus is a disembodied hand with painted fingernails, seemingly emerging from the folds of the purple fabric. The hand is accompanied by two glowing celestial orbs in the night sky, adding an otherworldly, dreamlike quality to the scene. The artist's distinctive style and technique blend figurative and surreal elements, inviting the viewer to ponder the symbolic significance of the hand and its relation to the cosmic backdrop. This captivating piece perhaps explores themes of the human experience in the broader context of the mysteries of the universe. ...
Romane De Watteville
Romane de Watteville uses figurative painting in an almost meta way to enjoy what remains to be enjoyed. In her work, Romane de Watteville allows herself the freedom to abuse figurative painting as a last resort in a general confusion. Sometimes frontal, sometimes anachronistic, Romane de Watteville's painting takes the chance of not situating itself. Recklessly, her practice offers itself to what painting has always been able to resist and thwart: a critical relationship with contemporary and historical references and figures. ...
Ciaccia Levi, Paris–Milan is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2013 by Nerina Ciaccia and Antoine Levi in the Belleville district of Paris. In 2020, the gallery relocated to a new space in the Marais–Arts & Métiers area, and in 2022, expanded internationally with the opening of a second venue in Milan. From the outset, Ciaccia Levi has been committed to building a multilayered platform for visual culture, presenting the work of both emerging and established artists from around the world. The gallery focuses on thoughtful, concept-driven practices across a range of media, with a curatorial approach that values experimentation, dialogue, and long-term collaboration. Ciaccia Levi is also a co-founder of Paris Internationale, an independent art fair that champions forward-thinking galleries and artists. Through its dual presence in Paris and Milan, the gallery continues to foster cross-cultural exchange and support ambitious contemporary art practices within and beyond traditional exhibition formats. ...