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Daniela Astone
12
2021

Name: 12
Brand: Daniela Astone
Price: 68000 USD

About the Item

A large-scale oil painting by Contemporary Italian painter, Daniela Astone. A master multi-figurative painting of nude women in a circle, welcoming a newborn child. Many symbols and diverse cultural nods are embedded within this masterpiece. A large 5 1/2 foot x 6 1/2 foot canvas. Frame details to be determined. Purchase without frame can be discussed. In honor of Women’s Month, Grenning Gallery is pleased to present a formidable new painting from the gifted Italian artist Daniela Astone (b. 1980), virtually on exhibit through April 15, 2021. It’s been over thirty years since Congress declared the month of March be devoted to the countless female luminaries who have impressed a significant impact on history, culture, and society. Paying homage to these often-forgotten women, Grenning Gallery, backed by its own trio of intrepid women, presents a detailed examination of Astone’s cutting-edge multi-figure painting, “12”, which by the scrupulous stroke of a brush, tells a powerful story of the feminine experience. In this picture, Astone, a former student and current director at the Florence Academy of Art, depicts a circle of 12 women (some bathed in light, others shadowed by darkness) gazing upon a new -born baby. It is a dreamlike vision of what appears to be a sacred ritual: the individual women, veiled and un-veiled, unified by a delicate but unwavering thread. A sturdy seed was planted for the eventual emergence of this painting when Astone visited Villa Le Corti, the home of the Corsini Family. She was struck by an alcove in a Baroque bedroom which boasted a fresco by artist Alessandro Gherardini, allegorically depicting the planets. Astone remarks: “I was happy to see the hours and planets represented allegorically. I loved the illusion the fresco created of space yet also brought into the interior a connection with the outside world.” The 12 figures in “12” are a deliberate choice. Since antiquity, the number 12 has been considered divine. It is critical to our time keeping (12 hours in a day, 12 months in a year), religious references (12 apostles), scientific theories (12 constellations), even to our games (12 dice). It is indeed ubiquitous: a dozen eggs, 12 ribs inside the torso of a human being. For Astone, the number 12 also marked the age in which one enters puberty: a radical, transformative passage with the inherent obstacles necessary for genuine human growth. The depiction of the women joined in a circle is completely deliberate. In a cheeky way, Astone plays with the stereotype of “women as witches”. For to some, a gathering of powerful, healthy women must mean there is some steaming caldron nearby, whipping up the recipe meant to cast a sinister spell on a poor, unsuspecting man. In fact, the circle for Astone represents something special, sacred. She considers “I often need my sisters, my girlfriends to get into a circle and talk about what it means to be a woman freely without judgement. Working our thoughts like virgin wool until it becomes a thread. It is then I feel have created a pure connection and individuals disappear and become something greater, a force which may challenge all the contradictions in this world.” Another symbol to examine would be the “hand of benediction”, A hand gesture of two fingers coming forth; long known as a symbol of a blessing, or divine approval. It is most commonly found on images of Christ. In Astone’s “12” , a similar gesture presses gently onto the ground, backlit from the angelic glow of the newborn child. In this instance, a nondescript woman commands the blessing upon the new life, with subtlety and grace. No needs or wants of praise. There is an undeniable message of feminine strength in this work. Women as story tellers (makers of history), women as life-givers, women as survivors, women in solidarity. Astone is acutely aware of the importance of this communication. During the pandemic, 90 % of Italian women lost their jobs. In her words: “The fact is in the past, we were not educated. We could still use our voices and we did. There are very visible and invisible blocks which still exist for women. In some countries, women’s rights have gone backwards. It is time for an awakening.” ARTIST BIO Daniela Astone ( b.1980 Pisa )grew upon in the sea-town of PortoSanto Stefano ,Italy, formally began studying art at the age of 14 in the High School of Arts in Grosseto. After graduating in 1998 she moved to Florence to study Illustration at the international school of comix, in her second year she started to work indipendently for several editors and in the studio of illustration Inklink. At the age of 21 Daniela decided to change direction and to re-start studing drawing and paint from life at The Florence Academy of Art under the direction of Daniel Graves. She began to teach to the younger students in the Academy when she was in her second year , she graduated in 2004 with the end of the year award , but she continued to work as a principal teacher for the Florence Academy of art . In 2005 she had her first and very successful Solo show at the Ann Long Fine Art Gallery in Charleston so she decided to build up a studio in the Tuscany countryside. In 2013 Daniela became the director of the intermediate program at The Florence Academy of Art , entered in the BP award in London and recived a honorable mention from the Mod Portrait award,Spain . Her work has exhibited internationally and in 2016 it became part of the permanent collection of MACS ,the Contemporary Art Museum in Sicily. She also collaborated with Tiac ,China with Liveandlearn ,Thailand ,with Streamline , East Oaks Studio and teaches workshops of landscape painting in her studio-house in Chianti Tuscany and around the world. In 2019 together with Gaia Grazioli she curated the Show “Corpo a Corpo” in the Museum of Villa Bardini in Florence thanks to Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze and Carlo Sisi. CV Exhibitions 2020 female mastery show Galerie Bonnard ,Nuenen ,Netherlands 2020 fenske & friends show Grenning Gallery,Sag Harbour usa 2019 small work show at Collins Gallery, Cape Code USA 2018 Group Show at Crazy March Gallery ,Sutri ,Italy 2017 group show Casa Abitata Florence Italy 2016 Self portrait Show at Eleventh Street Arts, New York USA 2015 Expo Arte Italiana, Villa Bagatti Valsecchi, Italy 2015 Still Life Show at Eleventh Street Arts, New York USA 2014 Mod portrait Artelibre and MEAM, Spain 2014 "Chiaro scuro" at the Richard J. Massey Foundation, New York USA 2013 7° Concurso de Pintura, MEAM ,Museu Europeu d'Art Modern, Barcelona Spain 2013 Green Noise, Plyos Museum Reservation, Russia 2013 BP Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London 2010 Group Show, AAART Foundation, Kirchberg Tirol Austria 2009 Solo Show, Sala del Frontone, Orbetello Italy 2009 Group Show "Immortal Works", Vasa Konsthal, Gothemburg Sweden 2008 Group Show, Galleria Rielaborando, Arezzo Italy 2007 Group Show, Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, New York USA 2007 Solo Show, Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston USA 2006 Florence Academy of Art Alumni Show, Corsini Family Stables, Florence Italy 2006 Group Show, Brigham Gallery, Nantucket, Boston USA 2006 Group Show on Spoleto, Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston USA 2005 First Solo show, Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston USA

Creator:
Daniela Astone (1984, Italian)
Creation Year:
2021
Dimensions:
Height: 67 in (170.18 cm)Width: 78.75 in (200.03 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
Medium:
Linen,Oil
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
21st Century
Framing:
Framing Options Available
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Sag Harbor, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: AST-0057361stDibs: LU38937813312