Marilena Pilla combines her love for interior and set design in bold paintings that use the chair to symbolize the human form. The chairs dance, caress, and embrace as if characters on the stage of life. The chair takes on different forms, yet always present, and her color palette is often heightened to represent the joy of living. Balance plays a central role in the subject matter for Pilla, who has epilepsy.

"The chair represents the man for me, but I do not allow him the chance to fall down. Perhaps that is because I have fallen down enough in my own life."

"The best moment is that which I never fall down. I am the director of my canvas and this is my set."

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