Maria Maddalena Scaramella

In my paintings I try to transmit to the viewer the visual sensation that I receive from my way of perceiving the world around me, or from my imagination. With the color I look for an aesthetic effect, not to express an emotion.
The theme is, in most cases, interpersonal communication, which fascinates me with its countless facets.
The subjects, individuals and couples, are extrapolated from the real context and represented, regardless of what they are, essentially as forms of different color in relation to the monochrome background, with a mainly visual, and in a certain sense abstract, intention.
Since there is not, in fact, a volume effect (if not in a minimal part), figures and space form a unique and colorful context; in other words there is no distinction between content and containing although the contour lines are defined. A space that gives itself as a two-dimensional surface, the flatness referred to by Greenberg, as a formal element of painting.. Not seeking the illusion of depth, I go towards abstract painting that, as is known, breaks with the illusionistic canon of three-dimensionality and therefore with every descriptive purpose.
One could however speak of a narration because there is an interaction between th...

Passion for painting has always been part of my life. As a child, drawing was for me a natural way of communicating, a language different from words, useful for overcoming the shyness that made me extremely taciturn. As a teenager, I switched to painting and I took lessons from Maestro Mario Carotenuto.
The creative environment in which I grew up helped me to express myself artistically in other ways as well. I tried my hand at making ceramic objects, designing patterns for fabrics, creating silk foulards, returning then to my main passion: painting.

Exposition Internationale Artistes du monde, Cannes, 24/27 Settembre 2015.
Exposition Internationale Artistes du monde , Cannes 21/26 Settembre 2016.
Effetto Arte Expò, Sale del Bramante, Roma, 19/28 gennaio 2017.
Biennale Internazionale d’Arte del Mediterraneo, Palermo, 9/12 marzo 2017 .
Arte a Palazzo,17° edizione, Galleria Farini, Bologna, aprile 2017.
Museo Europeo d’Arte Moderna MEAM, Barcellona, 5/7 maggio 2017.
Arte a Palazzo, 18° edizione , Galleria Farini, Bologna, 17/30 giugno 2017.
Galleria Mentana, Firenze, 10/20giugno 2017
Arte a Palazzo , villa Ariston, Abbazia, Croazia, 5 /26 agosto 2017.
Arte a Palazzo , 19° edizione, Galleria Farini, Bologna, 16/28 settembre.
Viva Arte Venezia, Palazzo Albrizzi, Venezia, 14/21 ottobre 2017.
Galleria Spazio Porpora, Milano, 26 marzo/2 aprile 2018.
Saatchi Gallery , London, from 28 February 2018 one work (Il bacio di Giuda) displayed on the Artist High Resolution Screen.