Nel bosco, preziose

2009

This canvas, painted by artist Leonardo Cemak, a native of the Marche Region, is part of the “Le stanze nel bosco” (“Rooms in the Wood”) composite installation process set up in 2009 in the Church of San Nicolò in Jesi. The highlight of the whole installation is a representation that unfolds between paradoxes and incongruencies, revealed visions and subtle contradictions, beginning worlds and ending stories. The work, which appears to be based on the stylistic solutions offered by optical art, portrays a large close-up of a woman’s face, an almost magical presence charged with psychological and emotional tension, which appears in the wood and instils a sense of curious suspense among viewers. What stands out the most are the tear and the pearl, identical in shape but expressions of a conflicting preciousness: emotional and gloomy the former, material and shining the latter.

Technical info

Original title	Nel bosco, preziose
Type	Opera d'arte contemporanea
Collection	Contemporary Art Gallery
Technique	Indian ink on canvas
Misures	cm. 120x100
Placement	Civic Museums of Palazzo Pianetti Floor: Second floor - Contemporary Art Gallery Exhibition area: Bathroom

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Contemporary Art Gallery

The Contemporary Art Gallery hosted on this floor mainly consists of works by artists active from the end of the 19th century to date. The paintings displayed in the first rooms bear witness to local painting in the early 19th century, when the pictorial culture was still closely linked to the artistic heritage from the late 19th century. Among the first painters that we see displayed are Luigi Amici and Leopoldo Battistini, respectively members of the Realist school of sculpture and painting. The antechamber displays works that were purchased by the Administration following the 1981 “Ruota del Lotto” contest that aimed at reinterpreting the paintings of the great 16th century painter Lorenzo Lotto according to contemporary canons. The artists who took part in the contest included Notargiacomo, Galliani, Pistoletto, Giandonato and Ontani, who presented works of their own inspired by the masterpieces of Lorenzo Lotti present in the Marche Region. Most of the collection consists of works purchased following the “Rosa Papa Tamburi” Prize, a biannual Contemporary Art award launched by the Jesi-born artist Orfeo Tamburi which, through the collaboration with great Italian artists from the second half of the 20th century, made the creation of this Gallery possible.