Silla Campanini maintains international relationships and collaborations, recognizing the value of art in promoting peace and brotherhood among people
Silla Campanini, born in 1954 in a charming village in the province of Bologna, Italy, is a poet, painter and sculptor. From a young age, she displayed a particular fascination for the earth and colors. Throughout her artistic journey, she has expanded her experiences from technical consultancy to teaching. As an image educator, she has collaborated on the development of pictorial and educational projects in both public and private institutes.
In 2016, she was honored as a member artist of the art and culture department of the Belgrade Academy of Sciences and Arts. Silla Campanini served as Vice President of the “Writers Capital Foundation. Additionally, she was a member of the Munir Mezyed International Foundation for Arts and Culture.
Silla Campanini maintains numerous international relationships and collaborations, recognizing the value of art in promoting peace and brotherhood among people. She has held numerous personal and collective exhibitions nationally and internationally. Her works can be found in art books, catalogs, and various publications. They are also showcased in modern art galleries, national and international museums, as well as public and private structures.
Silla Campanini is an eclectic and multifaceted artist who excels in various artistic disciplines. Her paintings showcase absolute originality. Through her works, she embarks on a journey into fantasy and dreamlike metaphysical abstraction, transcending time and space to explore the intricacies of dramatized thought forms that reside within the collective unconscious. Her art delves into the hidden aspects of the human dimension, evoking emotional engagement through the most fantastic and imaginative means.
Silla Campanini’s art presents itself as a theme – a source, memory, and nascent dramatization – where reality and symbol transfigure into symbolism, metaphor, and allegory. It converges in this encounter with the stormy peaks of undulating soul, as commented Alfredo Pasolino.
Her works communicate through a non-verbal language, akin to a fluid that permeates and imbues the observer with the ability to make discerning choices. The genuineness of your art is undisputed, free from oppressive features or excessive use of colors.
Silla knows precisely where to apply her touch to emphasize certain aspects or employ a light touch to blend skillfully. Her artistic process is purposeful, with the brush coming to life, the arm and hand moving confidently, while the eyes, as if in a trance, choose the hues and guide the selection of colors to create suitable gradations for the work in progress. Symbols and visual effects emerge from the artwork, individually grasped and differing from one viewer to another. It is not necessary to explain art; it would be intrusive. A work can be admired in its uniqueness and liked solely when it captivates the eye of the beholder. At that instant, it becomes beautifully and pleasantly elevated to the realm of masterpieces.
Silla Campanini is also the Global Coordinator of the Panorama International Arts Festival, held every year.
(Translated by Irene Doura Kavadia)
Here are some of her poems:
AND I LOVE YOU
With a faint whisper, the quivering spirit,
In the intimate wanderings, ventures.
Listening becomes profound, the strings touch the heart.
In that space of calm, the sense emerges.
You are the infinite, there on the mount is your voice.
In the firmament of hearts, my breath joins yours.
In that refuge, dawn is announced.
You are the true dream, and I love you.
MEMORIES
Nature dissolves pages of life
Secret memories evoke the ancient
The book collects new words
The show is ready
How much noise loses its flavor
I light a candle and say a prayer
White clouds speak of the just
Innocent seasons hold tight to the soul
No sword hovers with a smile
No grimacing mouth gleams
The wind disperses the useless yearning
Only the poetry of memory now
And the words never spoken.
THE DEEP NIGHT
In the darkness of the night lies the oblivion of consciences
The cry of fathers advances
In the ignoble market, everything unfolds
Voices shout, and ahead is the fire
A general chaos takes hold
Echoes of wars and the mania for power
Holy hands abound with innocent blood
Like a solitary star amid veils of uncertainty
I leave the world, following another path
The rain washes every deed
Illuminating the profaned truth
In the silence of the Ark lies refuge and the key
The sun, between wind and mists
Announces freedom
The seagull, beyond every horizon, flies.
One attachment
IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
A colorful life is born in the rhythm of fragility.
In the silence of the sky, refuge and starry nights reside.
Intimate reflections and the mute tree tightly hold destiny.
The river narrates tales of the past, and time flees,
Unaware and impatient, without a moment’s pause.
It is in the depths of the sea that life exists, where no reality is altered.
Like oxygen to breath, the experience of the heart indulges understanding.
The nocturnal mist, orchestrating the vision, dissolves nature.
New words, witnesses of love, far from the world, seek space,
So as not to leave me alone.
(Translated by Preeth Nambier)
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Received from Angela Kosta Academic writer, poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, translator, journalist
