Valerio Ambiveri



The Painter's Demons


 

Carlo Saraceni, Paesaggio con Salmace ed Ermafrodito, 1608
Museo di Capodimonte, Napoli

 

Saraceni

In the apparent serenity of an idyllic Arcadia, at the edge of the wood, in a remote corner, a small love tragedy unfolds, a cascade of events in which vain escape and rapture conclude in mythic union. The attempt to resolve the drama of separation in order to recover an impossible wholeness: sometimes nature produces a suspension of identity that is at once astonishing and unsettling.

Demoni del Pittore. Saraceni
videoHD, color, sound, 1’09”, 2026