Between mythology, art, and photography, Ilaria Sagaria presents a complex and layered imagery, rich in cultural symbols, artistic references, and echoes of the psyche, exploring the multifaceted universe—both internal and external—of the feminine. Condemned to grace, an emblem of the irreconcilability between the idealized and earthly vision, the female body reveals in these images its duality between ecstasy and torment, suspended between past and present. Through a masterful use of light and color—which at times seem to merge painting and photography, making them converse in a continuum—the artist creates an original updating of feminine beauty. By incorporating images of pictorial and sculptural details alongside photographs from historical and museum archives, the artist projects these female figures into a present suspended between light and darkness, still carrying the legacy of classicism and the echo of ancient archetypes. Fragments of a body in formation are reassembled into a collective portrait, even before an individual one, blending fairy tale, mythological narrative, and historical research.

The photos published here are just a part of the work.