Leonilde Carabba Biography
Leonilde Carabba is a painter and traveler born in Monza in 1938. In 1961, she held her first solo exhibitions and since then she has become increasingly deeply involved in the art world, with the support of artists such as Lucio Fontana, Hsiao Chin, Roberto Crippa, Enrico Baj, Turcato, Tancredi, Jean Fautrier, Piero Manzoni, Christo and Carla Accardi.
In 1966, he began experiments on the refraction of light, using glass microspheres to obtain a surface with variable light intensity according to the user's viewing angle, without the need for mechanical means. In 1969, he exhibited at the Galleria Cadario in Caravate together with Lucio Fontana and Bruno Munari for "The Sign and the Object", curated by Walter Schönenberger, which also saw the exhibition of artists such as Getulio Alviani, Agostino Bonalumi, Enrico Castellani , Mario Ceroli and Mario Schifano.
In 1975, she co-founded the Libreria delle Donne di Milano and curated a portfolio of serigraphs by nine artists, including Carla Accardi, Valentina Berardinone, Tommaso Binga, Mirella Bentivoglio and herself. In 1976, he founded the Cooperativa Beato Angelico with Carla Accardi, Nedda Guidi, Eva Menzio, Suzane Santoro, Silvia Truppi and others.
Leonilde Carabba's works of art are characterized by a complex technique, in which alchemy and esotericism meet in a very technologically advanced mix. He continues to investigate light, experimenting with fluorescent and phosphorescent colors, wood lights and sometimes even lasers. His research has led to a new dimension, full of shadows and plays of light.
Since November 2015, it has been part of the International Black Light Paintings Group founded by Fabio Agrifoglio, President of the Mario Agrifoglio Foundation. His art is described as capable of transporting the observer into an imaginary world, in which it is instinctive to lower the tone of the voice and let oneself be captured by the sense of the Sacred.
