Yemisi Wilson’s drawings and sculptures are soulful odes to animals, and to the shining in their eyes. A selection of her artwork is on view through the month of December at Filippo’s Restaurant in Pietrasanta – other sculptures are on view in Francesco Ponzetta’s Antique store on Via Garibaldi, in the center of town.
The quote in the headline is by Jacques Derrida – it speaks to the compassion and empathy one experiences while looking at an animal eye-to-eye, and to the emotion one feels when seeing Yemisi Wilson’s art. She draws her subjects up close; capturing their essence; her depictions of animals in captivity are bold and intimate, … The surfaces are often left rough… seemingly unfinished, this gives the drawings and sculptures an immediate dramatic power.
Yemisi Wilson was born in London and grew up in Stockholm; she studied art at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Pietrasanta. She does her marble sculpting at Studio Sem’s. Her art is a stirring reminder of our interconnectedness.
Visit her website here.
Yemisi Wilson
Drawings and Sculptures
Ristorante Filippo
Via Stagio Stagi, 22
Pietrasanta
For more information: 347 785 531
Through December 31st, 2012
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Yemisi Wilson
Sculptures
Francesco Ponzetta’s Antiques
Via Garibaldi,
Pietrasanta,
The exhibition is ongoing.
We post a Sky950 Bonus TV segment, directed by Abramo Rossi on Yemisi Wilson, in Italian.
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