Isabella Monari

Isabella Monari
Italia | Bologna | 1967
Bologna-born, Rome-based artist exploring human relationships and sport as social metaphors, offering through play an ironic and harmonious vision of coexistence.
Events
Hunica #3
Flavia Mitolo, Isabella Monari, Nicola Rotiroti, Sergio Ceccotti
Hunica #3
19 May-30 Sep 2022

Born in Bologna but Roman by adoption, she has developed her own line of research focused on the themes of human relationships, play, and sport.

The protagonists of her paintings are always the interactions between individuals, often described with irony, highlighting their flaws and peculiarities; other times portrayed in a dreamlike atmosphere, in a suspended sense of time.

“The theme of sport — one of the most recurrent — is often a pretext to talk about what happens today and, in light of the values it teaches, to contrast it with the prevailing individualism.”

Through play, the artist proposes a more human dimension of life, where “the clash is only make-believe,” because there are shared rules, fair play, and respect for one’s opponent.

Her preferred technique is oil on panel. “Wood is a material that lends itself to becoming an integral part of both the background and the figures, effortlessly creating a natural harmony.”