Changing Directions2008

..Next to the sculptures hang the so-called Paintings Kiss. Although described in the title as Paintings, these images possess a very strong sculptural quality, also due to their method of fabrication. Amadio regards herself not as a painter. Her reference to painting is solely to use the canvas as support for the visualization of a pictorial idea. The starting point for the Paintings Kiss works is the Rorschach inkblot test. Amadio wanted to superimpose a first impression with a second one. According to the artist the second test covers the legibility of the first one: hiding or even protecting it. The number "Two" suggests a kiss – and therefore points to a spatial dimension and an exchange. From the second Rorschach test only the rear side of the colour flush is visible. The merging together of the colour combinations and forms remains hidden and left to the imagination of the public. Amadio has commented that this is probably the smallest spatial work she has ever realized and that this has resulted in working in a series..

Text Etienne Lullin