Sabrina Pugliese, Libiamo in Matera, Original Oil Painting on Canvas, 2019

Libiamo in Matera is an original Contemporary Artwork realized by the Italian artist Sabrina Pugliese (b. 1990). Original oil painting on canvas. Hand-signed on the lower right corner: Sabrina Pugliese. Hand-signed, titled, and dated on the back too. Total dimensions: 50x100 cm. Mint conditions. "A utopian vision of Matera that leads us into a parallel and lively world. Symbol the chromatic choice is of harmony as the natural element of the sky integrates with the urban one of the historic center. In fact, the harmony between the environment and man was one of the elements they have allowed the Lucanian city to become part of the Unesco heritage. The painting aims to tickle various senses, not only sight but also hearing. Indeed, the scene should be admired listening to the notes of Verdi's Traviata to toast to this city that is rising from its own same ashes. Therefore, from top to bottom, vertically, we proceed towards an abstraction of sound waves. I am a Lucanian who, from the age of nineteen onwards, has always moved for study or work reasons. Therefore, I wanted to tell in my own way the memories, the nostalgia and the energy that my homeland transmits to me and transmitted to me around Italy. The scores on the left intone the notes of Verdi's Traviata, instilling panache and enthusiasm". Sabrina Pugliese BIOGRAPHY Sabrina Pugliese was born on April 2nd, 1990 in a small village in the Southern Italy, Nova Siri. Since she was a child, she was interested in arts in their different forms: singing, playing piano and visual arts. She graduated in Modern Literature at the University of Urbino, in the heart of the Italian Renaissance, the birthplace of Raffaello Sanzio. She didn't have the chance to attend artistic high school because it was too far from home. So, after the graduation, she began to devote herself to her passions: painting, exclusively oil on canvas. She has started painting as a self-trained painter to promote and improve her territory, Basilicata, also named Lucania. Nowadays, she expanded her project because she wants to spread Mediterranean holidays’ colours, sounds and perfumes, with the image of the sea, all over the world. She knows that painting can give voice to landscapes of the soul through seascapes. She lived for ten years away from home to study and work and, in this way, she created a stronger relationship with her origins. During the pandemic, she has decided to return to Basilicata to offer her small contribution to the Southern of Italy. She has participated in several national and international exhibitions including: • Collective exhibition with two painters: Giulio Orioli e Nino Oriolo for “Night of the brigands” 2019, in Nova Siri Centre (MT) thank to collaboration of Maria De Lorenzo, art historian, August 12th, 2019. • Selected for Pitturiamo Prize in New York, exhibition in White Space Chelsea (October 2020 but postponed event). Publication on Art Now magazine, December 2019. • Selected for “Annuario of Artistis 2020” published by Mondadori. • Participation to “Art Leader” project of Angelo Crespi, art market expert. • Selected and published by Loreta Larkina, gallery owner of “Art studio” in Venice for video- exhibition in San Pietersburg, April 2021. • Selected for Barcelona Contemporary art Fair 2021 (3-20 june) organized by Itsliquid Group.