The Utopian Landscape
Luca Korodi is a painter of timelessness. Her works to date have featured Far Eastern gardens and forests, Mediterranean landscapes rich in cypresses and olive trees, and English parks. Her compositions have depicted the relationship between the part and the whole through various cropping techniques. She painted forest details based on memories and sensations, almost “zooming in” on the landscape to examine its minute details.
In her latest series, she turns her back on the forests and directs her attention to the clearing beyond. The space expands and grows, allowing the eye to roam freely across the horizon. In his series titled “Eternal Hunting Grounds,” he screens a Persian rug motif covering the entire surface onto the base color. Over this “all-over” pattern, he paints the landscape as a second layer, from beneath which the decorative motifs occasionally peek through. The thick brush and roller strokes, along with the interlocking layers, create a surreal, dreamlike sense of landscape.
The exhibition also featured works made from found materials, which proclaim a metaphorical connection that spans the contrast between artificial materials and the natural environment. The reflective surfaces appearing in the images convey a philosophical doctrine of cognition, exploring questions of relative reality. In medieval and Renaissance art, the mirror was a symbol of Wisdom and Virtue.