ELISABETH LOUY
NOMAD – Human Landscapes
The line manifests itself as the first gesture, the initial trace of connection between the artist’s mind and the canvas, where thoughts take shape. It is a primordial tool in the artist’s arsenal, appearing as a sinuous mark on the blank canvas of creation—a thread that dances between imagination and reality. It serves as the starting point and anchor of every work of art, embodying the synthesis between the artist’s thoughts and the materialization of the work, a subtle bridge between the unexpressed and the perceived.
Its presence in Elisabeth Louy‘s work is as powerful as it is delicate—an essential element that renders art a universal language capable of communicating emotions, thoughts, and visions across linguistic and cultural barriers. Its universality carries an intrinsic emotional charge, fortified by its cultural identity. It might appear contradictory, yet the universal strength of this work lies precisely in its dissimilarity from the known.
In this selection of works, the artist delineates human and geographical landscapes, narrating their stories through the flow of ink on canvas. As a NOMAD, the line, its movement, becomes a metaphor for personal and collective evolution, a continuous process of growth and transformation. To be a nomad is to embrace the diversity, ambiguity and complexity of the world, while traveling lightly through the multiple dimensions of human existence.
The line suggests the complexity of a person’s identity or, in the form of a cleft in the landscape, of a place—it becomes a trace, a path, a story laden with meaning. Through this sublimated instrument, Elisabeth Louy transports us into an intimate and intense space, capable of piercing us with glances that suggest the infinite and caressing us with otherworldly landscapes.
The unfolding of this line draws us, from the first to the last work, into the river of a continuous, uninterrupted, timeless tale of emotions, akin to frames of a film that narrates the essence of our existence.
Davide Campi
Expo NOMAD opening will be on April 26, from 18:30 to 21:30
Obre 23 Gallery, Calle Riu Arno, 23 – Ibiza
Show curated by Leonardo Balli and Davide Campi, will remain opened until June 15th