caterina frongia: dattilotessile

We are pleased to present in our store the latest collection of rugs by artist Caterina Frongia. The daughter of a Sardinian weaver, Caterina experiments with the craftsmanship of her homeland along with a more contemporary perspective on weaving. Textile writing is the common denominator between old and new works, it is the idea that becomes form, the metaphor that turns into matter. On her rugs, stories come to life in many forms, through words, colors, symbols. Exploring Caterina's work is like diving into her personal diary, full of images and stories.
In this case, however, it is not an anthology of other people's stories encrypted and yet to be deciphered, but the typing of a sincere laying bare of the artist's personal stories.

"A glance from another person makes one transparent and reduces one's back up  against the wall: if you want to hide something, it is better not to look  directly in the eye, on the contrary, if you want to say something, just look." 



The gaze is but the observation of a snapshot, the blow-up of a single circumstance, the stolen snapshot of a private moment.  The focus of this work is on sight and the resulting image always has to do with  the eyes, on the ability to immortalize an intimate event.  On the tapestry, the image is described, romanticized, almost to legitimize the  context of voyeurism that has been created.