Description
Loredana Galante sets her work, Luna, in a fairytale and dreamlike dimension, where the animals find themselves captured by a mysterious rite that stops them and makes them turn towards an enchanted female figure.
This figure, which appears to be a human representation of nature, recalls a maternal female body made of branches that form its skeleton and a sort of door that opens in front of her womb. The idea of motherhood is reinforced by the presence of the moon, which is not in the environment around the subjects, but is enclosed within the female figure’s chest. It is therefore unclear whether the animals were captured by the moon, bright and clear in a dark forest, or by the woman, amazed by the female body’s ability to generate life.
Writings and illustrations overlap the main subject, drawing the viewer’s gaze closer and guiding it towards the finest details: the writings included on the canvas almost seem like magical spells hovering in the air, soaring in flight, while the birds are firmly fixed on the ground, admiring the spectacle of the woman with the lunar heart.
