Lisandro Ramacciotti, born in Viareggio, Italy, in 1950, employs a feminine narrative and characterizes his works with an original mixed media technique. He portrays idealized women from diverse cultural backgrounds, each within distinct atmospheres of melancholy, loneliness, intimacy, and conflict.
Ramacciotti’s figures always exude elegance. The observer examines them, and they, the women, either scrutinize the observer or completely ignore their presence. Some might argue that his women conceal their true identity. However, Ramacciotti’s women are emancipated and in control.
He imagines and portrays women, blurring the lines between the real and the imagined. As an audience, we seldom discern which ones are imagined and which ones are real. Ramacciotti’s keen observational skills create mystery and curiosity around his artistic subjects.