Fragola de la Vega
Born in Sicily, a land of light and storms, Francesca Sangiorgi, known by her artist name Fragola de la Vegaembodies in her work the primal power of the Mediterranean Sea. This sea, which she carries within her as an ancestral memory, brings to the surface fragments of the past and of imagination: drifting boats, flying fish, human machines, and feminine figures suspended between childhood and adulthood.
In this universe, both mythical and urban, the boundaries between dream and reality dissolve. Black and white are suddenly torn apart by a vivid red, the color of life and rebellion. The compositions of Fragola de la Vega evoke a constant tension between fragility and courage, melancholy and zest for life.
Her creatures, whether animal, mechanical, or feminine, seem torn from their natural context and projected into a new, almost dreamlike space, where they learn to survive.
This confrontation between urban reality and poetic imagination becomes the stage for a humanity in search of balance.
The artist’s gaze upon the world is that of a child who has journeyed through life without ever losing her capacity for wonder. Behind each line, each burst of color, lies a profound empathy for the human condition, a gentle, almost ironic form of resistance in the face of adversity.
The art of Fragola de la Vega acts like a silent wave: it touches the invisible strings of the soul, awakening in the viewer a feeling of both melancholy and rebirth.
A rare work, where beauty is born from the tension between the visible and the invisible, between memory and dream.