The 'Cenci' Awarded

Cencio 2004 painted by Tamara Lucaccini

Tamara Lucaccini: "This work was an act of love and stands as a testimonial to the feelings I experienced. It is an emblem of life: the design corresponds to the barrenness of everyday life. Reality tends to creep in and transport us to a timeless place that seems to hold its own secret. My role as an artist was to capture the values that that have left memories and fondness, passion and sincerity, to actually reinterpret them in a way that dematerialises the truth and spiritualises the life experience.”

Cencio 2003 painted by Barbara Bonistalli

Barbara Bonistalli: "The Cenci of 2003 was my Palio, so I could talk about the thrill I experienced when they honoured me with the commission of creating the Cencio of the Palio of Fucecchio, when you see your name in the local newspapers and you are called upon to represent the most important event of the year. Your thoughts focus on what to paint, what to portray, and inspiration comes to you: a white horse, the desire to run, freedom, a historic reference to Fucecchio, thinking about the church of San Salvatore overlooking the town, colours that blend and tree branches that serve as a frame that surrounds the painting."

Cencio 2000 painted by Rosy Giaciglio

Rosy Giaciglio: " Solidarity. I have never sought a specific image to represent pain. Such a sad word does not belong to the pages of a distant memory, but rather to a reality that we are living today, indifferent, incapable of listening and loving. I attempted to capture on the canvas desperate hopes of painting only images. I don’t know if I succeeded in making sense of nonsense, but I hope to have made some sense of my world."

Cencio 1998 painted by Igor Cinelli

Igor Cinelli: "The theme I wanted to portray was the speed of the race in the Buca, the solidarity and the commitment of the volunteers of the Fratres Blood Donors Group, my birthplace with its medieval towers and its countryside. In the painting, the battlements of the ancient towers dominate, imposing yet fragile, the passing of time having chipped and eroded stones that serve as a background for the racing horses, stretching in their efforts to round a curve, determined to pass the others, reined in by cautious jockeys. Some drops of an intense red serve as an outline: blood not only emphasises a tie with the Fratres group, but also evokes passion - the passion, the love, and the warmth of a tradition that is so important to my town. The profound and immense sky and the grass of the Buca D'Andrea frame this work, which is as schematic as it is geometric. By framing the composition of the visual reality into squares, rectangles, and circles, by evoking strong and important colours, I attempted to express the true soul of this manifestation, made of the important values of solidarity and social commitment to the contrada’s spirit of love for the territory and traditions.”