JC Gallery
Skip to main content
  • Menu
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Exhibitions
  • Video
  • Contact
Menu

Artworks

Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Beatrice Spadea, Around one Hearth, 2022

Beatrice Spadea

Around one Hearth, 2022
Oil on canvas
230cm x 140cm x 5cm
Copyright The Artist
Enquire
%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22artist%22%3EBeatrice%20Spadea%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22title_and_year%22%3E%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_title%22%3EAround%20one%20Hearth%3C/span%3E%2C%20%3Cspan%20class%3D%22title_and_year_year%22%3E2022%3C/span%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22medium%22%3EOil%20on%20canvas%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22dimensions%22%3E230cm%20x%20140cm%20x%205cm%3C/div%3E
Around One Hearth is a work that comes from the earth. It evokes a rural tradition in which, after the day spent in the fields, after the fatigue of work,...
Read more

Around One Hearth is a work that comes from the earth.


It evokes a rural tradition in which, after the day spent in the fields, after the fatigue of work, workers gather around a fire that warms, unites and fosters dialogue. It is here that, sitting next to each other and immersed in a sort of collective meditation, the focus moves from the central sparkling light surrounded by darkness up a prevailing night sky and minds are let free to fantasise.


The work is a dialogue between earth and sky. The warm earthly intimacy and the cold and splendid expanse of the sky are magically blended.


The embers symbolise earth. The triangular structure, well planted in the ground, further recalls such a firm connection.
The sparks generated by the fire are instead upward movement, ascending and jumbling with stars.

The warmth of the hearth is a refuge, a shelter from the cold, a sacred enclosure of salvation and at the same time a place for sharing stories and myths told beside the fireplace.


This work summons a place for imagination, fantasy, myths and legends.

The fire is contemplative, hypnotic and primordial. The atmosphere is intimate but universal, recalling both sweetness and torture, life and death.


In this scenery, Around One Hearth defines a space for dialogue, welcomes and invites the sharing of stories and ideas. People can imagine they are somewhere else, far from there.


It is the same reality where the first stories were born in ancient times, and the place where to take shelter to regain our time, the temple of slowness and contemplation.

Close full details

Exhibitions

Roots of Day, September 2022
Share
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Email
Previous
|
Next
5 
of  84
Privacy Policy
Accessibility Policy
Manage cookies
©2023 JC Gallery Mayfair
Site by Artlogic
Instagram, opens in a new tab.
Join the mailing list
View on Google Maps

This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Find out more about cookies.

Manage cookies
Accept

Cookie preferences

Check the boxes for the cookie categories you allow our site to use

Cookie options
Required for the website to function and cannot be disabled.
Improve your experience on the website by storing choices you make about how it should function.
Allow us to collect anonymous usage data in order to improve the experience on our website.
Allow us to identify our visitors so that we can offer personalised, targeted marketing.
Save preferences