Her belief is based on the value of performance, which must be enjoyed by a wide audience and perceived according to one's own inner self. No extensive explanations are given for Vanessa Beecroft's works, as art according to her conception must be free from constraints and allow the individual to question intimately and personally the meaning of what they are seeing, adapting it to the unique and unrepeatable feeling of their own soul. The depictions are therefore admired and often praised by critics, precisely for the disruptive value that the woman has managed to give to an artistic expression like the tableau vivant, even dating back to the time of Caravaggio.
A glimpse of what her future would be like occurred while she was still attending the Milanese institute, which during the first Salon decided to present one of her works at the Galleria Luciano Inga Pin, which met with considerable success among those present, students as well as teachers and professors impressed by such boldness.
Vanessa Beecroft's works can be classified as true performances, involving the presence of nude or semi-nude women within a skillfully orchestrated scene. Fundamental components are light and color, which emphasize a harmonious composition capable of conveying a hidden message that the audience is tasked to grasp and make their own.
These exhibitions are often accompanied by a musical component, precisely to emphasize the dramatic and subtle line that distinguishes them from a classic tableau vivant of the past.
The characters move in a decidedly choreographic manner, following to the letter the artist's instructions, who is obsessively attentive to every action performed during the performance.
The audience is often enchanted while watching these figures gracefully swirling in space, giving an effect of elegance and refinement and winking at the world of fashion and outer beauty, which always arises from an inner delicacy that is important to convey.
The themes most used by Beecroft are gaze, sensuality, and desire, which can be conveyed even without the aid of words but only by skillfully modulating the body's progression within space, in a sort of refined dance that only the gentlest and most elevated soul is capable of perceiving in its revolutionary scope.
Many of her main works are untitled but refer to the place where they were created, configuring themselves as a sort of small theatrical show in which the artist deploys all her knowledge and skills acquired during her scenography studies.
There are numerous venues where it has been possible to observe some of her performances in motion, such as the Guggenheim in New York or the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Kunsthalle in Vienna. However, some installations have a permanent nature and are currently visible in high-level museum centers, especially in our country. This is the case of the ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio, located in Benevento and loved by enthusiasts of the field for the exhibited works, the Galleria d'Arte Moderna Palazzo Forti di Verona, the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna di Roma, which projects a video titled Vanessa Beecroft 48, a series of reflections on the relationships between art and globalization of great interest to the artist's fans and capable of outlining her life and philosophy, the MACK - Museo Arte Contemporanea di Crotone, known for its progressive spirit, the MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, which exhibits a photo and a slide, and finally the MAXXI - National Museum of 21st Century Arts in Rome, home to numerous cultural initiatives and characterized by an interesting section dedicated to the figurative arts of the world's greatest artists.