Emiliano Alfonsi's 'Anima Mundi' at Banca Sanpaolo Invest, Rome

Emiliano Alfonsi (born 1980, Rome) presents 'Anima Mundi,' a solo exhibition curated by Egidio Maria Eleuteri at Banca Sanpaolo Invest in Rome, running until December 15, 2016. Alfonsi's work draws on symbolist art and literature, creating ancestral female figures that evoke underground cultures and embody both generative and destructive forces. His paintings reference Fernand Khnopff and are executed with meticulous, calligraphic precision, resembling autonomous objects like medieval painted panels or ancient sacred furnishings. The contemporaneity lies in his immersion of these mysterious figures in a dematerialized space where temporal references dissolve into symbolic, fragile architectures born from the sacred sphere. The works evoke the philosophical concept of 'tremendum et fascinans' described by Rudolf Otto, captivating yet unsettling viewers.