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Drawing, Graphite on Paper

9.6 W x 6.5 H in

Framed, Ready to Hang

$1,980

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My mother’s perfumes. Bottles carefully preserved, almost untouched, as if opening them would mean consuming a memory. The glass holds the light, and with it fragments of childhood: quiet preparations, gestures observed from afar, the scent that filled a room before her presence did. These are not m...

Year Created:

2018

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Mediums:

Drawing, Graphite on Paper

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

9.6 W x 6.5 H x 0.1 D in

Ready to Hang:

Yes

Frame:

Brown

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Certificate is Included

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Switzerland.

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Gianna Toenz

About the Artist

Gianna Toenz

Switzerland

"Through painting, I explore the narrative power of objects. I am fascinated by the traces of what we use, accumulate, or forget. Each composition becomes a portrait — a silent story of our everyday life."

Technique and Visual Approach

I love using acrylics for their immediacy and for the possibility of applying color in a textured and vibrant way. I often leave the paint abundant, almost corporeal, because I believe that in this way the image gains a more tangible, physical presence — just like the reality it represents.
I am interested in the play of balance: the way objects occupy space and interact with one another, approaching, distancing, and counterbalancing each other.
I pay great attention to color relationships, as color, for me, holds a power capable of giving intensity and presence to objects without the need to push them beyond what is real.

The Thought Behind the Image

I paint still lifes composed of ordinary objects; sometimes dirty, used, or forgotten.
I am drawn to things that usually go unnoticed but actually hold many stories within them: medicines, utensils, ripe fruit, packaging, remains. These are objects we use, consume, and live with every day without realizing it.
Sometimes I choose them for what they represent; other times for their form or for the way they inhabit space, time, and memory.
For me, objects are a form of portrait: they do not show a face, but they reveal habits, fragilities, and desires. They speak of those who remain unseen.
In this sense, my paintings become portraits of absences: lives suggested through what remains. They do not judge, they observe.
In exploring the things that surround us, the emotional and temporal dimensions take on a central role. Some objects outlive us; they are passed on, preserving the marks of time and carrying with them presences and absences, places, bonds, memories. Others are ephemeral, destined to wear out — disposable.
Yet all of them, equally, deserve to be looked at. They are part of reality, and in painting they can find a space where they are welcomed.

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