TITLE: LA PIANTA.
FORMAT: various
TECHNIQUE: Oil on Canvas / Mixed Technique on paper
MATERIAL: canvas / paper
At the center of the exhibition is the Floral Archive, an ongoing artistic project inspired by the historical florilegia of the Renaissance—lavishly illustrated plant books that combined botanical knowledge, aesthetic observation, and symbolic interpretation.


The paintings in this archive present rare and endangered plants from Italy. However, unlike traditional botanical illustrations that classify plants as objects of scientific observation, these works approach plants as carriers of stories and memories. Botanical knowledge intertwines with mythological references, historical narratives, literary associations, personal memories, and surreal visual connections.


The paintings in the series “Florilegic Narration” create layered visual spaces where plants enter into dialogue with figures, objects, and symbolic elements historically or culturally associated with them. These compositions form visual narratives in which plant, human, and object exist on a shared plane of significance, challenging anthropocentric hierarchies and highlighting interdependence.

Color plays a central role in this series. Alongside delicate pastel tones appear vivid and intense colors that function as markers of memory, resilience, and hope. The plants do not appear fragile or passive; rather, they present themselves with presence, awareness, and agency.