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An excerpt from the “series ninas” by Leila Biscuola, they are small pieces that portray the feminine.
GIRLS
The beginning of this series was in2001as“Zen Garden of Venus”, composition of 5 small pieces, less than 10cm high, in an oriental sand garden with a diameter of 30cm. These pieces highlight generous and avant-garde forms, images that symbolize femininity above all else, such as the female sculpture from the Paleolithic era, “Venus of Willendorf” (found in Austria in 1908 at an archaeological site)
"Zen Garden of Venus"
In 2006 came the “Pregnant Girls”, four pieces, each one made of clay and different positions (terracotta, black, white and cream). All based on molten glass, representing in their form the feminine power to sustain the miracle of life.
"Pregnant Girls"
ARTISTS' GIRLS
“Ninas dos Artistas” began in 2008 and continues to this day. The ninas are inspired by the artists, studies are made of each one emphasizing femininity, until a model is reached. The pieces feature a combination of various details characteristic of each artist, with the interpretation of Leila Biscuola. The first artist was Matisse, then Picasso, Miró, Gauguim.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was a French painter, draftsman, printmaker and sculptor. Known for the use of color, the fluid and organic design in his strokes.
“Nina de Matisse” was inspired by the works: “The Dance” and the colored lithographs made from cutouts representing nude figures in various “Blue Nude” positions, which are found at the Center Georges Pompidou in Paris, France.
“Nina of Matisse”
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was one of the greatest plastic, Spanish artist. He produced thousands of works, including paintings, sculptures, ceramics and works on other supports, where he used different materials. In your work; blurs, mixes traces and forms, shows that to understand a reality it is necessary to penetrate this movement through an accurate observation, separate the parts and be aware of these forms to elucidate
the meaning.
The inspiration for “Ninas de Picasso” came from the artist's Cubist phase, mainly from his work “Les Demoiselles d' Avignon”, a work that marks the beginning of experiments with the Cubist language.
“Nina de Picasso”
“Nina Madona de Picasso ”
After visiting the Reina Sofia museum (Madrid, Spain) the artist Leila Biscuola was mesmerized by Picasso's great work “Guernica”, thus “Picasso's Nina Madona” was born.
Joan Miró (1893-1983) was an important Spanish painter, engraver, sculptor and ceramist. A contemporary of Fauvism and Cubism, he created his own artistic language and portrayed nature as primitive man or a child would.
It was one of the most outstanding
representatives of Surrealism.
The inspiration for “Ninas de Miró” came from the playful way of Joan Miró's drawings, paintings and colorful sculptures present in all of his surrealist work, mainly in “Mulher na Frente do Sol” and “Mulher e Pássaro à Luz da Lua”.
“Nina de Miró”
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) important French painter, one of the greatest representatives of post-impressionist painting. In his work he recreates lines and colors, nullifying depth and claiming the right to express himself in his own way, using a symbolic representation of nature in which simplified forms and large fields of bright flat colors are used, which he closed with a black line, showing a strong influence das japanese prints.
The artist's restlessness and desire to wander led him to Tahiti. Place that inspired the painter in his most famous works.
The “Ninas de Gauguin” were inspired by the works produced in that period, the Taitianas and the work "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?", a huge canvas that synthesizes all of the artist's painting.
“Nina de Gauguin”
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