Sofía BAssi

Artist working on a painting in a studio

“I never imagined that it would be precisely in prison where my vocation for alchemy would be reaffirmed—that’s what I call my pictorial creativity—and that, in continuous dialogue with the esoteric force of art, I would be able to consecrate my brushes with the lightning bolts of my rightful protests.”

-Sofía Bassi

Flying Tanagras, 1965

Flying Tanagras, 1965
By the Ocean, 1965

By the Ocean, 1965
Star Hunting, 1967

Star Hunting, 1967
The Arrival of Spring, 1967

The Arrival of Spring, 1967
Eclosion, 1968

Eclosion, 1968
The Tower of Babel, 1968

The Tower of Babel, 1968
Operation Rescue, 1969

Operation Rescue, 1969
Argonauts, 1969

Argonauts, 1969
Space Journey, 1969

Space Journey, 1969
The Lady Who Walks Away, 1970

The Lady Who Walks Away, 1970
Unknown World, 1970

Unknown World, 1970
Resurrection, 1971

Resurrection, 1971
Allegory of Spirits, 1972

Allegory of Spirits, 1972
The Tear of the World, 1974

The Tear of the World, 1974
Distant World, 1988

Distant World, 1988
To the encounter, 1989

To the encounter, 1989
Wisdom is Peace, 1993

Wisdom is Peace, 1993
In Her Lonely Tower, 1994

In Her Lonely Tower, 1994
It is Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness [Buddha], 1994

It is Better to Light a Candle than to Curse the Darkness [Buddha], 1994