Maria Falanga, “Attraverso il tempo,” May 5 – May 18, 2022

Maria Falanga has developed a signature portraiture stylization involving hard-edged and intense color shapes with irregular geometry and unpredictable color substitutions. The work in Attraverso il tempo involves a series of portrayals of three generations of Falanga’s family.  The images shift from achromatic to full-color in line with their chronology.  Additionally, Falanga makes allusions to her relatives’ survival of WWII through sculptural enlargements of candy, like that which was tossed to civilians during liberation festivities at the end of the war in Italy.