Stabat Mater is a watercolor on paper and gold leaf created on the occasion of an artist residency in Palazzolo Acreide, a small town in eastern Sicily, organized by the Arte Nativo association and Koko studio.

The work is the result of a participatory work: in the context of the extemporaneous painting, in the reinterpretation of contemporary madornali, the first step was to bring together the citizens and choose together the photo to start from. A collective product, which underlines the awareness of a community and its political value. Then the watercolour was made in the street and the comparison continued. The work portrays a woman who has just discovered her dead children from their shroud. She cries, devastated, for this endless tragedy. When we hear about the number of boys and girls who died in Gaza, we must think about how many mothers, if still alive, will be destroyed by this pain.

23 November 2023
watercolor