Jewellery and painting in a single powerful synthesis. The original exhibition in Trastevere until 3 July.

A fusion of languages, a union of colours, parallel techniques, intersecting sensory experiences. With lots of colour uniting jewellery and canvases. Indeed, the Accord/Interazioni exhibition, presented in the alleys of Trastevere by the GAP “Modern & Contemporary Art” Art Gallery and curated by Cecilia Paolini, asks the observer not to focus their attention on individual works of art, but rather to double and synthesise the experience.

From bottom to top, the gaze encounters precious necklaces and delicate bracelets one by one, immediately continuing the vision with an impact of lively paintings.

It is a two-person exhibition created by Anna Maria Consoli, an expert goldsmith with a passion for art in all its forms, and Leon Akwadal, an “artisan” painter from France who arrived in Rome about ten years ago.

Rome was the catalyst that brought together the talent and souls of Anna Maria and Leon. At the end of 2019, the idea was born: to create an artistic project that would give voice to private emotions and at the same time be a creative endeavour firmly rooted in their respective crafts. On the one hand, there was the goldsmith who had reached a point in her career where she was able to shape complex raw materials; on the other, there was the painter who did not sign her work because, in her personal vision, she believed that the subject, the technique and the imprinted surface were the only protagonists of a perceptive experience.

Lines, curves, irregular strokes, smooth surfaces and ripples. Between impressionism and expressionism, rationalism and abstractionism, hints of exotic primitivism. A melting pot of trends united, mixed and interpreted. Cast into the eyes of the observer with a touch of irreverent madness.

Craftsmanship becomes art, languages communicate and complement each other, generating a powerful evocative force.

The intimate spaces of the GAP Gallery add a decisive touch of intimacy to an original exhibition that was well received in its first week of opening.