2020-15
Luigia d'Alfonso e Ada Perla, after following individual
paths aimed at
developing a personal creative process, decided to share a
workshop. This daily
relationship stimulated the birth of a four handed project.
Dialogue, the fertile ground of their work, shaped a conceptual construction
whose origin is in the surname that binds them, Perla (they are
sisters-in-law). This research on the pearl, with studies and readings on its
symbolic meaning in different cultures and civilizations, its presence in mythology,
its biological origin brought their respective aesthetic and existential
experiences in touch. The image of the pearl slowly changed from an exogenous
element into an inner suggestion and opened new channels of communication. The
osmosis between the two individualities, generated by these new routes, allowed
the two artist to arrive at a common language, Sabìr.
The name chosen by the authors to identify this new artwork
refers to the language spoken in the past in the ports across the Mediterranean
Sea. Sabìr, from the Catalan saber "to know", was the lingua franca
used by fishermen, merchants, pirates and slaves from Thessaloniki to Istanbul,
from Valencia to Cagliari, from Genoa to Tangier. Idiom of mediation, it
probably developed at the time of the Crusades and survived until the first
decades of the 20th century. According to recent studies, this shared idiom is
the oldest pidgin language known. Sabìr had a poor but precise vocabulary,
composed of Italian and Spanish words with Arabic, Catalan, Greek, Occitan,
Portuguese and Turkish influences. Characterized by a simple grammar, it had
very limited verb forms with a
prevalent use of the infinitive and a very free word order.
The many missing word classes (including possessive adjectives!) was replaced
by a large use of prepositions; an adjective
repeated several times was equivalent to a
superlative.Written testimonies are very rare: the first document in Sabìr
dates back to 1296; it is the "Compasso da Navegare", the oldest
portolano, pilot book, of the Mediterranean basin.
A Sabìr is a unitary whole, composed of several canvases,
the canovacci. Each canvas is a complete but open story that leads to the next,
sometimes in a continuum, sometimes in contrast, others by magic; each piece
guides and connotes the composition.The long and delicate work of juxtaposition
and binding - carried out with thin gauze to integrate the space left by the
"missing words"- weaves the fragments together and renders a complete
narration. Time is an essential element of the composition: from the first
creative spark, the Sabìr does not reveal itself before the dawning of the
second moon.
2015 Study of the concept Bottega Perla: artistic
fabrics for home
2014 Concept and development of M.A.L.A. hand-painted
fashion.
2014-02 Management and sharing of an art and craft
workshop focused on the design and construction of: paintings and sculptures, design
elements for furniture and lighting, jewelry, and theatrical panels.
Luigia d'Alfonso -
Roma 16/12/1967
High-school diploma in languages
Faculty of political sciences
Art window dressing and visual merchandising course
Gemology course I.G.I. Istituto Gemmologico
Italiano
Collaboration with the culture association “Progetto
Educativo Percorsi tematici sulla Roma anticaâ€
Stage in fashion company â€Oky for Youâ€
Collaboration with the contemporary art center â€Il Puntoâ€
Roma
Management and sharing of “Bottega
Perla†art and crafts workshop
Indipendent artist.
Ada Perla - Roma 20/10/1960
Diploma liceo artistico
Corso pittura Scuola delle Arti ornamentali
Diploma grafica pubblicitaria ed editoriale
Graphic design presso agenzie di pubblicit? e privati
Laurea Lettere indirizzo Storia dell?arte
Pubblicazione dell?articolo ?Pietro Paolo Avila e la sua collezione d?arte? su ?Roma Moderna e contemporanea?, Universit? Roma Tre
Gestione e condivisione dello studio di arte e artigianato artistico ?Bottega Perla?. Artista indipendente
PARTECIPAZIONE MOSTRE
2020
SHE IS… 2020, the multi-disciplinary art group
exhibition organized by One Art Space Gallery in TriBeCa, NY.
2019
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Sinergie
Solidali Call for artists ?La Donna: da Oggetto a Soggetto?. ?Ciaccerata? con
l?altra faccia della Luna? opera selezionata per la mostra.
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RAW
Rome Art Week, dap ? Ciaccerata immaginatopeica. Un progetto artistico partecipato
presso l?INMI L. Spallanzani: ?Ciaccerata? allo Spallanzani?. L?opera, donata,
? esposta nell?atrio dell?ospedale.
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Concorso
d?arte ASREA 2019: Sabir ?Il volo delle sirene?, selezionato ed esposto alla
mostra collettiva presso il complesso della Ex Cartiera Latina - Sala Nagasawa.
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Mostra
personale ?Sab?r ? Visionary bridge?, One Art Space Gallery, Tribeca, New York.
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XXX Porticato Gaetano, Attestato di segnalazione speciale
Pinacoteca Comunale di Gaeta per l?opera ?TMS?: Totem Tempo Memoria Mediterraneo
Spazio. L?opera ? entrata a far parte della collezione d?arte contemporanea
della Pinacoteca.
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Arte
Laguna Prize 2018-19, Venezia Concorso internazionale d?arte contemporanea: Sab?r
?Ripercussioni? passato alla prima fase di selezione
2018
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Mostra collettiva XXX Porticato Gaetano, rassegna d?arte ?Lo
spazio e il tempo della memoria?, Pinacoteca comunale di Gaeta.
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Mostra collettiva Umbria Art Festival d?arte contemporanea, urban
location Terni.
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Mostra personale ?Il Sab?r - trame pittoriche?, Galleria Pagea
Arte Contemporanea, Angri (SA).
2014
Mostra personale ?M.A.L.A.?, Studio d?Arte Monfalcone 16, Roma
2013
Mostra personale ?I colori dell?acqua? Studio d?Arte Monfalcone
16, Roma
2012
Mostra personale ?Atelier Simultan? Studio d?Arte Monfalcone 16,
Roma
2011
Mostra per l?evento ?Welfare e finanza: Donne in scena?, Teatro
Euclide, Roma.
2010
Mostra personale per l?evento ?Percorsi di vini? Monte
dei Paschi di Siena e ING Investment Management, Roma. Mostra
collettiva ?Arte & Natura? 188? Annuale di fondazione Corpo Forestale dello
Stato, Piazza del Popolo, Roma.
2008
Mostra
collettiva 3a Edizione "Le porte del Mediterraneo", Chiostro del
Paolotti,Conversano (BA)
2007
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Mostra personale ?Stagione a Teatro? Teatro Euclide, Roma.
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Fiera Internazionale di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea 27? Fiera
del Levante e del Mediterraneo, Bari
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Mostra collettiva itinerante ?Olivo in arte?, Associazione
culturale Studio 5, Italia
2006
Mostra
personale ?Wine&Art ?, Gloss, Roma.
2005
Mostra
personale ?Wine&Art ?, Gloss, Roma.