neptune
Selected Artworks
The Neptune series pays homage to the mythological archetype of the sea god, transfiguring its symbolism into a pictorial investigation of psychic depths. As in the previous Work and The Gold of the Earth series, Magnani pursues introspective research, but through a meditative register that privileges abandonment rather than conquest.
The sea becomes a plastic metaphor of the unconscious - a liquid space where light and darkness coexist in perpetual motion. The works suggest that the true treasure (that primal knowledge that Jung called “Self”) is obtained only through courageous descent into the inner abysses.
Technique
Panels of polymeric material fused by fire and/or hot air (800 °C) painted with acrylics and enamels with inclusions of stones, sands and 24kt gold leaf.
Sphera Blu - 2018
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric sphere
Neptune No. 12 - 2016
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
Neptune No. 11 - 2016
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
45 x 45 cm | 17,7 x 17,7 in
Neptune No. 9 - 2016
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
30 x 30 cm | 11,8 x 11,8 in
Neptune No. 2 - 2014
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
60 x 60 cm | 23,6 x 23,6 in
Neptune No. 7 - 2015
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
30 x 30 cm | 11,8 x 11,8 in
Neptune No. 8 - 2015
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
40 x 40 cm | 15,7 x 15,7 in
Neptune No. 5 - 2014
Acrylic, sand, stones, and 24 kt Gold on melted polymeric board
