View the workThe Shape of Heat
Heat finding its own direction.
The Selection
Forms of Presence
Nine paintings by Malena.
Matter, memory and the body.
Nine works · One personal encounter
Red, darkness and four tones of gold hold traces of touch and transformation. Each painting offers a personal point of return: to a quality you recognise in yourself, to a state you choose.
An encounter, at your own pace.
All works
View the workView the workEcdysis
A form outgrown. A movement reclaimed.
View the workBody of Memory
The body remembers in layers.
View the workI Was Here
A hand. A footprint. The right to be here.
The artist, within the work
The body leaves a trace.
Malena works with the body as a trace: in gesture, in the surface, and in the way light rests on matter. Red, dark passages and gold become a language of closeness, change and self-possession.
Meet the artist
View the workSmoulder
An ember held beneath the dark.
View the workBetween Us
Closeness with a rhythm of its own.
View the workThe Returning Gaze
A gaze that finds its way back.
View the workIncognito
The freedom to choose what is revealed.
View the workThe Still Point
A point of return for the gaze.
Materials
What the surface holds.
Across the collection: acrylic, four tones of gold, gold-toned metal leaf, naturally shed snakeskin and polished natural stone cabochons, in different combinations. The exact materials of each work are listed on its page.