Leonilde Carabba - The Eye of Neptune

Themes related to astronomy or science fiction in art can, in many cases, be traced back to the typical aesthetics of Surrealist art, where the existence of other worlds or parallel dimensions can be connected to our subconscious. However, when science fiction becomes a celebration of technology, its origins cannot be overlooked in Futurism, which made the celebration of progress one of its central themes. Coinciding with the development of the science fiction genre in cinema, around the 1960s, some painters also began to explore this theme in art, such as the celebrated Chesley Bonestell. LeoNilde Carabba's work includes a significant series of works inspired by astronomical subjects. Orbital motifs, where the circular and concentric motion of celestial bodies takes on an esoteric interpretation, or veritable landscapes, views of other planets, which, as in this case, express a specific symbolic value rather than an interest in science fiction.

For LeoNilde Carabba, the definition of the science-fiction landscape, the imaginative view of other planets, always merges with her aesthetic, inspired on the one hand by an esoteric interpretation of the subject, and on the other by the influence of her approach to spatialist poetics, in the identification of forces and energies emanating from the work itself. Thus, the astronomical landscape always acquires a primordial force deriving from the influence that natural elements exert on the very destiny of humanity (Mars-fire, Neptune-water, Jupiter-earth). For this reason, from a strictly formal perspective, the vision of extraterrestrial planets is realized with an expressionist and abstract language, so that, rather than a figurative definition, the vehemence of the painter's gesture and the energy expressed by the pictorial material prevail. These types of works thus appear as a true clash of elemental forces, expressed in the contrasts between different layers, textures, and chromatic zones.

LeoNilde Carabba, born in Monza in 1938 and currently residing in Milan, likes to define herself as "a painter and a traveler who loves to explore territories and cross borders". In 1961 LeoNilde held her first solo exhibitions. The following years saw her increasingly involved in the art world, where she received the support and formative influence of artists such as Lucio Fontana, Hsiao Chin, Roberto Crippa, Enrico Baj, Turcato, Tancredi, Jean Fautrier, Piero Manzoni, Christo and Carla Accardi. In 1966 she began experiments on the refraction of light, achieving, through the use of glass microspheres, a surface with a light intensity that varied according to the viewer's angle of vision without the need for mechanical means. If Lucio Fontana had previously presented her own exhibition (1964), in 1969 she exhibited with him and Bruno Munari in "Il Segno e l'Oggetto" at the Galleria Cadario in Caravate. In 1975, she co-founded the Women's Bookshop in Milan. In 1976, she co-founded the Beato Angelico Cooperative with Carla Accardi, Nedda Guidi, Eva Menzio, Suzane Santoro, Silvia Truppi, and others. She currently works both in Italy and Germany.

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