Filippo Sciascia
Clorofilliana, 2020
Gesso, oil on canvas
44 x 57 cm
Copyright The Artist
Clorofilliana takes as its chief motif the use of light, albeit without the inclusion of light itself. Here, the depiction of biological life - both fauna (a leaf insect) and...
Clorofilliana takes as its chief motif the use of light, albeit without the inclusion of light itself. Here, the depiction of biological life - both fauna (a leaf insect) and flora (the plant it mimics and feeds on) - allude to the fact that light, through the process of photosynthesis, is the ultimate source of existence.
