bn+BRINANOVARA is a duo composed by Giorgio Brina (1993) and Simone Novara (1994).

Giorgio Brina graduated in sculpture at the Academy of Brera in Milan and Simone Novara studied painting at the University of the Arts London and graduated in Architecture at Politecnico of Milan.

What if a painting can live anew? What if a portrait can tell a new story for the portrayed?

Unpredictable Ecosystem 25 is a highly complex composed images which recalls the history of Anne Boleyn by overlaying the reference from two famous artworks by Hans Holbein the Young: the portrait of the Boleyn’s court lady and a famous fresco of Henry VIII, destroyed by a fire.

The teen-like handwriting by the lady, whose face has been eroded, vandalises the painting and shifts the focus toward Anne Boleyn: the new subject of the combined image.

They live and work in Milan.

Courtesy of CRAG Gallery - Turin