Libellum
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Hand-painted bronze
61.5x16.5x30.5 CM
24.21x6.49x12.00 IN
This work is part of a limited edition set.
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This creature is directly inspired by the alchemical figure of the dragonfly, a very special and elegant insect. Around it, several cultures from all over the world have built various symbols and legends over the centuries. Its name is linked to a double current of thought, that still fails to bring scholars to agree. For some of them, derives from the Latin word libra, due to the horizontal position of its wings in flight, for others it derives, however, from the Latin root liber, free, from which the diminutive libellum. The dragonfly has always been considered a magical being thanks to its changing colors, its slender shape and the speed, with which it is able to fly and escape from its predators, deceiving them. Its intrinsic peculiarity is that of spending the first six years of its life on the bottom of aquatic or marshy environments in the form of a larva and then transforming itself naturally into the creature we know. For this reason, the deeper meaning that can be associated with it is precisely that of change: an introspective and personal effort that allows you to abandon a condition of stasis and darkness to open up to the most total renewal, through the search for your own identity and personality. Through Libellum the artist tells about herself and her own evolution, also inviting all others to welcome every possible change that life offers us. The figure always just leaps out of the water in an effort of rebirth and renewal.
This creature is directly inspired by the alchemical figure of the dragonfly, a very special and elegant insect. Around it, several cultures from all over the world have built various symbols and legends over the centuries. Its name is linked to a double current of thought, that still fails to bring scholars to agree. For some of them, derives from the Latin word libra, due to the horizontal position of its wings in flight, for others it derives, however, from the Latin root liber, free, from which the diminutive libellum. The dragonfly has always been considered a magical being thanks to its changing colors, its slender shape and the speed, with which it is able to fly and escape from its predators, deceiving them. Its intrinsic peculiarity is that of spending the first six years of its life on the bottom of aquatic or marshy environments in the form of a larva and then transforming itself naturally into the creature we know. For this reason, the deeper meaning that can be associated with it is precisely that of change: an introspective and personal effort that allows you to abandon a condition of stasis and darkness to open up to the most total renewal, through the search for your own identity and personality. Through Libellum the artist tells about herself and her own evolution, also inviting all others to welcome every possible change that life offers us. The figure always just leaps out of the water in an effort of rebirth and renewal.