Luia Corsini is an Italian-American artist, born in New York (1994). She currently lives between Malibu, California, and Mexico City. She studied Fine Arts at the New York University. Notions linked to nature circulate in Luia Corsini's work, materialized through vibrant colors and, more recently, through the research she has carried out in Mexico, El Salvador and Los Angeles on natural dyes. In her painting, geometric figures intersect in the same way a “grid” would do, a word which Corsini use to name her body of work. Approaching a spiritual and somatic treatment of color and geometry, Corsini is interested in exploring the categories of beauty and nature in her artistic production.

The Grid: Berlin

When I moved to Mexico City, I was in awe by the colorful architecture of the city, and the juxtaposition of highly saturated colors throughout the buildings that populate the streets. The culture in Mexico City is uplifting and creative, a clear reflection of its modernist, colorful architecture. I had by then understood the paramount role that architecture plays not only in defining the aesthetics of a city, but also the collective psyche of its citizens. While undertaking an Artist Residency in Mexico City for over two years, I researched the iconic houses designed by Mexico’s great modernist architects. “Mexico” is a series I started in the fall of 2020 when I moved to Mexico City. These works are inspired by the Mexican modern architecture. Each painting is an abstraction of a particular house designed by architects such as Luis Barragán, Ricardo Legorreta & Mathias Goeritz.

I am coming to Berlin for the month of May to explore the style of architecture there. I will visit several sites to get inspired such as Bauhaus Archive, Neue National, Gallery, Marie-Elizabeth Luders Haus, Velodrom, Chapel of Reconciliation, GSW, Headquarters James Simon Gallery, Memorial to the Jews of Europe, Cube Berlin, Axel Springer, Jewish Museum, DZ. Bank Building, and more iconic locations throughout the city. In response to the architecture in the city, I will make a series of paintings using the local natural dyes from Germany, as my work focuses on creating paintiings from plants and insects.