FER CAGGIANO

For a young Brazilian artist residing in New York, nothing would seem more natural than using her process of creation to evoke the rich cultural references of her native country. But Fer Caggiano does not exploit this obvious course. Perhaps the sensual profusion of vibrant colors and forms in her pictures indirectly refers to the physical generosity and moral characteristic of her native land. Her work, however, transcends all culturally influenced perceptions of either the artist or the spectator. In the fleshy texture of a face, in the sensual curvature of a shoulder or a breast, Fer discloses the privacy of the body. The final image is presented bare of any cultural, territorial or secular reference with her overwhelming individuality. Out of this ostensive exposition of the body, that by itself is purely ephemeral and transitory, she seems to accomplish a direct relationship with an intimacy that hides under the surface of the forms and the colors. The goal of this incessant and obsessive work of creation is translated into exuberant images and individual enchantment and discloses the privacy of the human soul.