Abstract material works by Mara Fabbro
My research stems from the need to re-establish a primordial bond and find a balance between humanity and habitat: a firm and reassuring point in response to the precariousness of our time. In an age that pushes us to live frenetically and superficially, I feel the urgency to suspend the flow of time and anchor myself to something stable, concrete, and tangible: matter, which becomes an anchor and a point of contact with existence, rooted in the present and restoring to reality the meaning of a sensorial experience.
As with the artists of Material Informal Art, and Burri in particular, for me, material is not just a medium, but an image itself: a living presence , a bearer of meaning and message. I create a mixture of sands, resins, and glues, the fruit of years of experimentation, which I apply in multiple layers, shaping it with my hands or various tools. For me, this process represents an immersion in substance , primarily emotional, guided by extensive study and research.
The aerial view introduces a perspective shift in my works in which the dilated time of the universe puts contemporary frenzy into perspective, while distance simplifies the forms, synthesizing the landscape in its formal essence, from which the abstraction rooted in the material is born.
By transforming fragments of our planet into microcosms to explore, I invite the observer to play with the canvas, discovering which natural element or strip of land lies hidden within its ripples, thus sharing the wonder and amazement (of a child) of being able to "feel" a work of art even through touch . Through my works, I seek a new balance, restoring the vision of an original, ancient, and universal order that unites humanity to the Earth.
