Klarita Pandolfi

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Artist Statement:
Quite a few years ago I studied Sculpture at the Academia of Belle Arti of Rome, before diversifying into acting with 3 years studies at the Pietro Sharoff Drama School. My early performance pieces included Tableaux Vivants where concepts of Italy and its tradition were explored, in particular the cultures of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque. Since moving to England in 1997 I have started to focus on sculpture and collage, and most recently photography, digital drawings and installations. I explore with my work notion of faith, belief and disbelief, through symbols representing good and evil. Taking the philosophy of Manicheism as inspiration for my projects, I intend to examine issues of psychology, relationships and discrimination against women. In a visual sense this is achieved using ready-made objects such as Barbie dolls and Rosary beads, hand made pieces or digitally manipulated images, attempting to create an unsettling sense of collision in proximity between traditional and new.

Klarita Pandolfi