THE COMEL AWARD FINALISTS

Gloria Rustighi

THE COMEL AWARD FINALISTS

Gloria Rustighi

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

She was born in Massa in 1995. After graduating from the State Institute of Art "Felice Palma" in 2023, she received a degree in Visual Arts-Painting with highest honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara. Since November 2022, she has been a speaker in the lecture series "A Look at Art." Her artistic research focuses on the theme of metamorphosis, which she explores through the technique of oil painting and through the experimental graphic technique of monotype. The figures are protagonists of a transformation that leads them to a spiritual state, representing the climax of human fragility.

ARTWORK IN CONTEST

Alchimia, 2024

SCULPTURE - Painted and treated aluminium sheets with ferric perchloride, acetate sheet
13 x 18x 3 cm

The reference to the book and its possible contents is evident in the work Alchimia by Gloria Rustighi, which is composed of welded aluminium sheets. The randomness of the faintly coloured sign on the page suggests a spontaneous and narrative cue, a nuance that metal can enclose and reverberate.