Artist and writer Paola Buratto Caovilla, heir to a line of Venetian painters, explores the intimate link between nature and humans. Her work, imbued with chromatic lyricism, vibrates like a colourful wave directly from the abyss. Her monumental sculpture No More Time — Oceans are Life embodies this realisation: the ocean is in danger. Presented in Venice, installed at the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, then at the National Hotel in Miami Beach, it raises awareness of the preservation of the oceans and highlights the vital issue of the protection of Posidonia seagrass. These seagrass meadows, which are essential for biodiversity, absorb CO2 and stabilise the coastline, but are now threatened by human activities such as boat anchoring, plastic pollution and coastal urbanisation.
NOMADIC ACTIVISM
Paola Buratto Caovilla is no stranger to this kind of activism. Her "No More Time" globe has travelled from Venice to Monaco and then to Miami. In 2024, it was also installed at the Hôtel de Paris in Saint-Tropez, highlighting the urgent need to protect the seagrass meadows in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. Each destination conveys a universal message: the sea is a common good, and its preservation a shared responsibility. Inspired by the play of light on plankton and the stars twinkling on the surface of unspoilt waters, the artist uses the power of colour and relief to create a dialogue between the immensely vast and the extremely delicate. Like the line from Dante that she often quotes, "And then we emerged, to see the stars again," her work invites us to preserve the beauty of the world before it disappears.
Paola Buratto Caovilla — A Message Through Art
No More Time — Oceans are Life
When art becomes a manifesto, it challenges us. In No More Time — Oceans are Life, Paola Buratto Caovilla breathes colour and urgency into a cry for help, to save the oceans before it is too late.
By La Rédaction
