Federica Bruni
Magic and Surrealism in the Work of Contemporary Italian Women Artists
For my practice-based PhD I am researching Surrealism, its relation to magic, and its legacy with regard to several contemporary Italian artists. Given Surrealism’s artistic exploration of themes related to the unconscious, dreams and invisibility my aim is to determine how such themes could be refashioned and revisited to engage a contemporary audience.
The fact that a group of Italian contemporary women artists have been inserting in their works elements of surreal and magic like alchemy, metamorphosis, the occult and mystery has stimulated my interest in investigating the matter further and in producing my own practice-based response.
Names of Supervisors: First Supervisor: Dr Anna Notaro, Second Supervisor: Dr Erica Eyres