Artist: Claudio Giulianelli
Title: La bellezza
Type: Original artwork – unique piece
Medium and support: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 40×30 cm – vertical orientation
Year: 2024

Description of the artwork

In La bellezza, Claudio Giulianelli reduces the scene to its essentials: a half-length female figure, her face facing forward and slightly veiled by a pensive, almost questioning expression. Her skin has a cool, almost lunar tone—as if the figure belonged to a suspended time, outside the ordinary light. The headpiece is a structure of antique pink rings and spirals that expands laterally like an organic halo, recalling the plant and cosmic forms of the more elaborate works in the series. Cradled in her arms with maternal care is a clown’s head: yellow hair, red nose, painted smile, white ruffled collar.

The contrast between the figure’s almost sacred composure and the clown’s buffoonish liveliness is at the heart of the artwork. Who is beauty? The woman who gazes, or the clown who smiles? The seriousness of the face, or the lightness of the mask? The background is a uniform light blue, without landscape, without horizon—a pure mental space in which the figure and her double float weightlessly.

Here, Giulianelli returns to the fundamental theme of his research: beauty lies not in appearance, but in the act of holding it—of cherishing what makes us laugh and what makes us cry, what is serious and what is play, with the same care.

Originality and authenticity

Original artwork already created, unique piece. The purchase concerns the artwork described in the listing, not a reproduction or a new creation made to order.

The artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Micol Art Gallery and documentation from the artist.

Preparation and shipping

The artwork is shipped directly by Micol Art Gallery. After the order is confirmed, it is prepared for transport with professional protective packaging for original artworks. No production time is required: the original is already completed.

Copyright

Copyright and reproduction rights remain with the artist. The purchase of the physical artwork does not include the transfer of reproduction rights.

Color accuracy

On-screen viewing may result in slight color differences compared to the physical artwork.

Micol Art Gallery Project – Arte4R

Claudio Giulianelli is part of the contemporary artist circuit of the Micol Art Gallery – Arte4R project, dedicated to promoting contemporary art and regenerating spaces through original artwork.