FRANCESCA SCHGOR
Lives and works in Italy and United Kingdom
Biography
Born 1988
Education:
2012 MA Fine Arts
Wimbledon College of art, London
2011 BA Sculpture
Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan
Recent exhibitions:
2012
Wimbledon MA Show
Wimbledon School of Art, London
Wunderkammer
Nunnery Gallery, London
2011
Una Mostra
Ex convento dei domenicani, Ruvo di Puglia
Temporaneamente Nuovi
Torano, Carrara
Cosmicomiche
Galleria Monopoli, Milano
Artist statement
The fear of a judgement, the impossibility to be accepted, the shame for one’s limits and imperfections are efficient destroyers of the possibility of being oneself. It occurs as a change in the subject, or an attempt to hide something in order to appear as the others want you to be.
In these situations the freedom of the identity is lost, the constriction of appearing as the world suggests overcomes. Where the origin of the masks lay?
This happens when one’s identity is weak and not completely shaped; a lack in the self-confidence leads the subject to follow stronger identities, trends or ideas.
How is it possible to re-gain that truthfulness which is the nature of one’s personal identity?
In the installation of drawings “Freedom in shame” the artist proposes a path within a story, an illustrated reflection about a shameful situation. It starts in the attempt of sneaking out from compromising situations because of the fear of facing them, and develops in the awe recognition that the human value is not defined by one’s limits.
A deeper breath in the freedom of being oneself…