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Norma PicciottoNorma PicciottoL’enigma 2 Photographic Print on Acrylic Kristalrec 28” x 39.5”Italian photographer Norma Picciotto capturesfragments of reality amid portraits of ordinary people,working digitally to deepen their expressive potential.Each photographic collage is set against a recognizablelandscape, whether it is the ocean, the desert, an urbansetting, or a majestic river. Against this background, shesynthesizes various elements around a central focal pointset in a bubble, most often a portrait but other times arecognizable object laden with meaning.This diversity of images comes together in Picciotto’sart, and what results is a dreamlike world of memory andemotion. The images are almost visionary, juxtaposingvarious symbolic elements together to explore a worldin which realities are layered and dreams are fleeting, afluidity of space and time that stands in sharp contrast tothe structure and rigidity by which many of us define ourown worlds.At the heart of Picciotto’s work is a masterful synthesisof thousands of shots taken from around the globe.Her art has stemmed from a long and storied careeras a photojournalist, during which she co-founded, along with her husband, the De Bellis agency, one of the best-knownphotojournalism agencies in Milan. Through this forum, she documented the multifaceted history of Milan from the 1970s to1990s, capturing both the struggles of the people and the complexity of their culture as it evolved through time, and setting thestage for what would later emerge as her own particular art form.In the end, Picciotto’s photo collages are a powerful force, opening up a whole new world for those who encounter them and takethe time to unpack their meanings. The ever-present bubble lends a nostalgic perspective, recalling a childlike innocence, whilesimultaneously drawing us toward the mesmerizing eyes of her figural subjects, true windows to the soul. Here, we as viewersare invited to look deep inside our own selves, to the dreaming inner child we always harbor but often fail to notice.Norma Picciotto currently lives and works in Milan, Italy.www.normapicciotto.itwww.Agora-Gallery.com/ArtistPage/Norma_Picciotto.aspxL’enigma #1 - Identità e FuturoPhotographic Print on Acrylic Kristalrec 28” x 39.5”39 ARTisSpectrum