Fascinating reflection on sisterhood and female emancipation through art, Double v traces the destiny of the painter Vanessa Bell in the shadow of her younger sister, the novelist Virginia Woolf. Implicitly, Laura Ulonati (In all the blue2021) draws a parallel with his own relationship to his younger sister: “ It’s because of her sister that Vanessa Bell has been forgotten. The eldest takes this sentence like a punch. Because it is intended for him, she knows it well. As she dissects the complex relationship woven of rivalry and possessiveness between the two Stephen-born sisters at the heart of the distinguished Bloomsbury Group, the French author of Italian origin paints a candid picture of the Victorian straitjacket and the dysfunctional family in which they lived. evolved. Skilfully combining the biographical with the romantic, fluidly uniting the voices of the past with those of the present, Laura Ulonati offers an interesting reading of the work of the famous writer through the paintings of the little-known artist.
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