Roberta Coni
The Red Tent @GLR24
September 2019
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent IV"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Alice Flowers"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Blue Diletta"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 55"
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent V"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 79"
Roberta Coni "Diletta profile with Blue Turban"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 55"
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent IX"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Blue Isabella"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
47" x 47"
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent VI"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Emma"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
63" x 47"
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent X"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 39"
Roberta Coni "Matilde Primavera with Flowers"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Matilde with Blue Turban"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "The Red Tent VIII"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Diletta XXV"
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Sophia "
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 39"
Roberta Coni "Giorgia with Blue Turban" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Matilde Primavera II" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
47" x 47"
Roberta Coni "Matilde Primavera VII" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
63" x 47"
Roberta Coni "Matilde with Purple Turban" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 39"
Roberta Coni "Diletta with Blue Turban" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Isa with Red Turban" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 39"
Roberta Coni "Blue Alice" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
47" x 47"
Roberta Coni "Diletta XXVIII" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Diletta XXIV" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
39" x 79"
Roberta Coni "Callicore VI" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni "Osas with Flowers" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
62" x 51"
Roberta Coni "Isabella VII" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 79"
Roberta Coni "Sophia Violante XIV" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
63" x 47"
Roberta Coni "Sophia I. 5" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
55" x 79"
Roberta Coni "Laura I" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
57" x 39"
Roberta Coni "Isabella VI" SOLD
Oil and acrylic on canvas
79" x 55"
Roberta Coni was born in Marino (Rome) in 1976. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome in 1999. She pursued her studies abroad with two grants in Spain and the United States.
Primarily interested in the human figure, she mixes the classical technique of oil painting with heavy body paste made of bitumen, melted wax, and glue. Since 2009, her artistic research has been geared toward large-scale paintings, in which the face often emerges from the shadows, proposing an interpretation of the contemplative soul in continuous introspection.
Her work is characterized by its strong realism while combining rougher materials. Female figures with poignant expressions face in the foreground, where, with detailed attention, almost lenticular, the brush focuses on the skin and eyes, putting forward the secret pulse of the pictorial surface. The faces are often violated by time flowing relentlessly on the skin, deforming and shaping it over the years, to lay bare the soul. She has created a compendium of contemporary work as she integrates video art to the visual language of her paintings.
Roberta Coni has received numerous awards abroad, notably in England, Turkey, and China.
The female figures in gorgeous paintings by Roberta Coni look very natural and realistic. A glance at her art is a balm for the soul. How did she enchant us?
The astonishing work of the artist rests on the precise observation of the object of interest. From the first glance, she captures your experiences through the retina. Then she starts to paint with elegance and care, to persuade us that a part of herself had merged with her portraits. She takes great care. Maybe, the passage of time doesn‘t mean anything to her at that moment. She spends time, as we say, face-to-face with her models, so that she could transfer their image most reliably onto canvas.
