GÉSSICA STAGNO – A colour expedition

She started painting to get rid of the gray days of depression.  An attempt to immerse herself in a colourful world. Perhaps this explains much of the tonalities that characterize her paintings.  “The language of emotional connections”, featured on 16Neto, is Géssica Stagno’s first solo exhibition. Good vibe painting, like nothing seen before.

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▶ How did you arrive at this exhibition?

Since 2021, I’ve been on this quest to connect with ′′my own self′′ because in a way, somewhere along the path I was following, I got a bit lost. So, it was a year of discovery, looking deep inside, looking at myself and seeing how I want to continue living. And I discovered that in order to be able to connect with everything around me – even with God – I need to be in communion with myself, so I think the works also show a little of that. I believe in this connection we have with everything around us, with nature, animals, with our ancestors, I believe that everything is connected.

▶ The exhibition is a colour expedition, with hands as characters.  How was the process of choosing the signs?

I like colours a lot. It’s complicated to answer what my favourite colour is.  Colours are language, emotion. For that purpose, I had to research to find out the emotion of each colour and then how I relate to these colours. I do abstract art, so I like to mix the abstract with the intuitive.

The hand is one of the most important members of our body, we feel, we touch, I believe we express feelings through touch, we exchange energy through touch. So, because I didn’t want to do anything similar to what already exists, I chose hands.

▶ Considering the works, perhaps no one realizes that you started painting to escape depression.

Art is therapy. So, even if I’m feeling sad, I try to change that feeling and paint something different from what I’m feeling. I don’t know how to explain it well, but most of the time it’s intentional, it’s what I want to convey. It helps me process what I’m feeling, because I can’t express it through words, and I found painting as a mechanism to express myself.

▶ Putting emotions on canvas can be seen as expressing feelings out loud.  Does it feel comfortable?

It’s comfortable and it’s not. I believe it’s something that other people are going through or have gone through or will go through, so I think it’s worth putting it out there.

▶ With this exhibition, you launch a new path.  Nothing that falls within the trends that have marked exhibition galleries.

My vibe is to always be different. In a museum, alongside other artists, I don’t want to be the type of artist who isn’t easily identified, whose art may be mistaken for someone else’s. I’m trying out different dimensions. I make intuitive art and I will continue to because that’s what identifies me.

▶ Is this an artist’s project?

I don’t know. This is the first exhibition that I am doing solo. In fact, what I want is to be an artist who does things differently, who inspires people in a positive way and that’s enough for me.

Edição 78 Março/Abril| Download.