Awakening is a painterly cycle by Barbara Pietrasanta devoted to the female figure in the moment of her emergence: from sleep, from oblivion, from herself. The works, executed in oil on canvas, explore the threshold between interiority and the world, between dissolution and presence.
The cycle was presented in the solo exhibition Risvegli, held at Sala Veratti in Varese from 4 to 26 April 2026, with a critical essay by Francesca Pensa.
A suspended moment that is between the ecstatic nocturnal world and the unexplored occurrence of the day. Snapshots of a “here and now” that you never want to step beyond.
“Now and not before” 2015, oil on canvas cm.120×100“Disturbance” 2019, oil on canvas 50 x 70“Awakening” 2018, oil on canvas cm. 100×120“Emptiness is nothing” 2019 oil on canvas cm. 220×170“Tomorrow is another day” oil on canvas cm. 120×120“Wake up” 2014, oil on canvas cm. 130×110“Empty space” 2022 Oil on canvas cm. 100 x 120“Fragments of awakening” 2018, oil on canvas cm. 100×80“Deposition” 2014, oil on canvas cm. 70×50” In the white sheet” 2020 oil on jute cm. 90×90“In-finite” 2015, oil on raw canvas cm.200×160“Negligible fragments” oil on canvas, 2016 cm. 200×140“Winter Dream” 2024 oil on canvas cm. 100×100“Satori” 2017, oil on canvas cm. 50 x 70“I said goodbye to something” 2025 oil on canvas cm. 70×100” Dies Irae” 2016 oil on raw canvas cm. 100×130“Valentina” 2023 olio su tela cm. 90×200“The Master’s cup” 2025 oil on canvas cm. 30×30“The right foot” 2025 oil on canvas cm. 30×30“in the shadow” 2025 oil on canvas cm. 30×30“Now” 2025 oil on canvas cm. 30×30
