Cinzia Pellin (born 19 July 1973 in

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, Rome) is a contemporary Italian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ...

and set designer.

Art career

The women in Pellin's works are show and film stars or, often, fashion models. But also simply “women”, unaware stars of our time, who have nothing to do with video cameras or glossy magazines, but are the

protagonist A protagonist () is the main character of a story. The protagonist makes key decisions that affect the plot, primarily influencing the story and propelling it forward, and is often the character who faces the most significant obstacles. If a st ...

s of real life; the choice of their faces is determined by the

femininity Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered ...

sensuality A sense is a biological system used by an organism for sensation, the process of gathering information about the world through the detection of stimuli. (For example, in the human body, the brain which is part of the central nervous system rec ...

, perseverance or pain coming from their glances. The detail of some glances painted on oversize canvases lets her suspended between the sweetness and violence of the

contradiction In traditional logic, a contradiction occurs when a proposition conflicts either with itself or established fact. It is often used as a tool to detect disingenuous beliefs and bias. Illustrating a general tendency in applied logic, Aristotle' ...

s of the time we are living. She has recently developed two new concepts. In the first, the face fades out thanks to play of shades, where it is only the eyes or the eyes and lips to stand out with bodily

arrogance Hubris (; ), or less frequently hybris (), describes a personality quality of extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance. The term ''arrogance'' comes from the Latin ', meani ...

. In the second, she has tried to develop a technique between painting and drawing, with signs of grease pencil on oil paints.

Artistry

Pellin's artistry is best expressed in these words, ''Cinzia Pellin from some time, is going on a course tending to analyze more and more closer the female universe: a way of inner temper, a kaleidoscope full of charm and enticement, a planet dissected in a myriad of splinters, that get near and far, in the endless play of existence''. (L. Guarino)

Solo exhibitions

*Launch of the second show scheduled for Ferrara stage ''ALIENS'' July 2014, House of Ludovico Ariosto *Summer in Ferrara's license plate ''ALIENS'' - the alienating forms of contemporary June 2014, House of Ludovico Ariosto

References

Living people 1973 births 20th-century Italian women artists 21st-century Italian women artists Artists from Rome Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni {{Italy-artist-stub