The Artwork

Fragile. Maneggiare con Cura is a series of photographic works by artist Pina Inferrera that invite the viewer to reflect on the delicate balance connecting human beings with nature. The series explores the fleeting beauty of the wonders of creation, emerging from the sensitive and often overlooked corners of our existence.

With meticulous attention and technical skill, the artist delves into the ecological microcosm, expanding it and presenting it on a macro scale to the observer. The resulting landscapes evoke deep-sea abysses, forest undergrowth, or the surface of a laboratory slide. These works exist in a delicate balance between research and intrusive observation, experimentation and preservation. They represent the key to understanding the complex symmetry between science and consciousness, as well as the relationships between human beings.

Pina Inferrera’s works immediately draw attention to the fragility of the environment in human hands. This seems to be the core message the artist seeks to convey through her photographic studies, aiming to reveal new and ephemeral worlds—not immediately visible—while remaining faithful to the real and hidden elements she skillfully captures. Her images often include subtle traces that resemble bursts of energy or electromagnetic waves—natural elements in their own right. The photographs are permeated by a silence that evokes underwater worlds or soft brushstrokes on which precious details of universal wonders emerge.

Inferrera seeks to capture unexpected scenarios, uncovering not only what we see but everything we imagine, achieving a perfect synthesis of figurative and abstract, biology and enchantment. Her gaze is imbued with an emotional sensitivity that calls for serious and attentive exploration, in the search for solutions to the imbalance and suffering affecting both humanity and the environment.

The Artist

Pina Inferrera has always believed in research as an intrinsic part of human progress. Deeply engaged with social dimensions—from environmental awareness to community consciousness—her work consistently reflects on the social role of culture. Art and culture can contribute to raising awareness and improving everyone’s quality of life: the artist cannot remain neutral.

Inferrera's artistic commitment focuses on identifying and exploring the surrounding reality, with the goal of investigating humanity and its habitat. Her interests range from observing nature and the environment to analyzing industrial artifacts.

She has experimented with various expressive media, including video, installation, sculpture, and photography. Photography remains her favored medium, and although her work starts from the objective observation of reality, she never forsakes the poetic essence of her vision. Her images oscillate between the real and the surreal, often depicting pristine natural environments, where her unique use of light suggests a spiritual space.

Her aspiration is to share a journey of the contemporary human experience, bringing environmental concerns and existential reflection into focus. She sees a profound and essential connection between humankind and nature.

A graduate with honors from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Inferrera has exhibited in many cities including Athens, The Hague, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Locarno, London, Lugano, New York, Osaka, Paris, Tournai, Vilnius, and others. She lives and works in Mozzo (Bergamo), Italy.