Michela Fabeni Art Gallery | Third Millenium Art of Matter, Gold, and Living Gesture | Contemporary Textured Bas-reliefs
- michelafabeni
- Feb 3
- 2 min read
Michela Fabeni develops an extremely personal artistic language, where matter, gesture, spatula, bare hands, custom-prepared mixture, and gold become absolute protagonists. The smussato technique, created by combining spatula work and hand modeling on bas-reliefs prepared with a warm, organic mixture crafted by the artist, gives the works a tactile immediacy and an almost “living” organic dynamism. The matter, applied softly and carefully shaped, becomes an emotional landscape: full and empty, light and shadow interacting to create depth and tension.
The use of neutral or white tones and the introduction of gold enhance the sense of purity and transcendence. Gold is not mere decoration but a symbol of inner light, sacredness, and the preciousness of matter, illuminating every gesture and mark made. Attention to detail, undulating lines, and hidden symbols (hearts, cycles of life, natural elements like bees or flowers) testify to a deeply symbolic and meditative art. The gesture itself, leaving visible traces of the artist’s body and movement, transforms the work into a document of the present—a true “tactile diary” of emotions.
From the perspective of art movements, Michela Fabeni’s artwork occupies a strongly personal contemporary territory, with echoes of:
Material and Informal Art, reinterpreted with intimate and lyrical sensitivity.
Tactile and Spiritual Minimalism, through the use of white, light, and gold, and the reduction of color, prioritizing sensory experience.
Symbolic and Conceptual Art, where emotional content and subtle narrative, like the embrace, the vortex, or the “metatron flower,” go beyond pure aesthetics.
In short, Michela Fabeni’s art cannot be easily categorized into a historical movement: it is Third Millennium Art, where gesture, spatula, bare hands, soft and warm matter, symbol, and gold merge into a unique sensory and emotional experience, independent of historical labels while drawing inspiration from past and modern references.
Discover the world where matter becomes light and gesture on www.michelafabeniart.com
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