Luccia Lignan, La Mulâtresse, 2007. Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 81 cm. Courtesy of Luccia Lignan.
The nude is an art, an expressive form, a cry of freedom, a call to
beauty. The nudes of Luccia Lignan talk to us about sensuality. Her
women are sensitive and relaxed. They are grateful to be alive, and they
demonstrate this gratitude in their body language. Despite being very
conscious of their charms—their voluptuous and sensual bodies and their
gazes directed unabashedly at the viewer—they nonetheless evince an air
of innocence. They demonstrate the ideal “eternal woman with classical
echoes, but under the modern vision of 21st century eroticism.”
Whether they appear as individual figures or in more complex
compositions, Lignan’s nudes participate in theatrical scenes.
Structuring the shapes abundant in her compositions with rich color
modeling before undertaking any work, she thinks instinctively for days
and weeks, establishing personal rules for how to proceed. Her sense of
order, balance, and audacity ensure proper orchestration of the
compositional elements, and sweeten her canvases with flowing colors of
great expressivity. Her paintings transmit strength and eroticism. Her
splendid abstractions depict a universe governed by textures and
harmonic colors, stimulating in the viewer with a fountain of pure
pleasure.
