About the artwork:

Original artwork by the artist Elia Pagliarino, created using a double-firing process, dedicated to Georgia O’Keeffe, a major modernist painter of the 20th century. After the death of her companion, photographer Alfred Stieglitz (for whom she served as a muse in more than 350 portraits), she settled in Abiquiú, New Mexico. Captivated by the light and the vastness of this desert, she painted this epic landscape tirelessly, considering it a place that made one “feel like a rocket.” O’Keeffe translated the intangible feelings within her through abstract forms, believing that abstraction expressed most precisely her sensations when faced with the “prodigious” space between earth and sky.

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About the artist:

“ We must not be afraid of ambiguities; we must encourage differences. ”

Elia Pagliarino is a French visual artist born in 1967 whose work explores notions of identity, appearance, and collective memory. Coming from an environment marked by diversity and disability, she draws inspiration from ethnology, biology, and popular culture to create works combining drawing, sculpture, and ceramics. After a career in graphic design and scenography, she has devoted herself entirely to art since 2014.

Her work stands out through collections such as the Balises©, ceramics preserving life stories, and the Contes Sauvages, large drawings depicting an exuberant human bestiary. Winner of the Pure Art Prize in 2017, she continues to explore new artistic forms from her studio in the Aude region.