Who is the fille bertha?An illustrator, many would answer. A dreamer, maybe are going to tell, those who know a bit better her work.
A girl, the girl who is in many of us, I’d like to think.The very first time I met the dreamlike and captivating Alessandra Pulixi’s art, was in January, at Quattromani‘s fashion show.
I felt immediately attracted by that thin, imperfect, somehow naive, way of drawing. Few simple lines and bold colors, deeply full of meaning.
In her drawings there is a whole world. Her world, but that can easily be my own one and who knows how many other filles.
I never spoke with Alessandra about the real meaning of her work, but I visited the “Contemplation” exhibition which was held in Milan, during Design Week.
Contemplation and reflection to better understand our inner world.
And she seems to do it in a great way, through her design, representing female characters – different faces of the same fille bertha?- who tell us about enchanted stories sometimes, who take on the likeness of fairies some other, who dress as a Diva from the fifties or have a cathartic function.I don’t know who exactly the Fille Bertha is, but one thing is certain, each of us contains a bit of her.
