Amor Sacro 2015

Editor: We're looking at Roberto Ferri's "Amor Sacro" from 2015, an oil painting that strikes me as intensely vulnerable and perhaps a bit provocative. What do you make of this bold combination of the sacred and the sensual? Curator: It's a daring dance, isn't it? Ferri throws us into a whirlwind of contradictions. We have this figure, draped—or rather, undraped—leaning against the cross. It's as if he’s asking us: where do we draw the line between piety and earthly desire? Tell me, what does the light seem to be doing in this piece, especially around the cross? Editor: I notice a soft, diffused glow highlighting the cross, but it's also emphasizing her skin...making her even more present. Curator: Exactly! Is it the light of divine grace or simply the artist's gaze? Ferri revels in ambiguity. The piece pulses with tension, doesn’t it? It’s both reverent and rebellious. It’s like staring into the heart of a forbidden romance. Editor: It definitely challenges conventional religious imagery. What would you say Ferri is trying to express about faith through this tension? Curator: I think he's inviting us to question easy answers. Is faith about repressing desire, or about integrating all aspects of ourselves – the sacred and the profane? And it makes me think – who are we to impose boundaries on spiritual experience? Editor: This has completely transformed my understanding. Curator: It's always the unexpected intersections that ignite the most interesting conversations.