If the “Iron Lady,” bold and commanding, told us her story of engineering and
daring on the previous pages, now it's time to hear her most intimate whispers.
Simone Momente arrives to reveal not just the structure of metal and rivets, but
the soul that beats within — a stage for emotions, a guardian of memories. In her
hands, the Eiffel Tower transcends cold steel to become an invitation to poetry
and introspection.
Simone’s art lives in that delicate in-between: the lyrical tension between the
recognizable rigidity of engineering and the flowing emotions it can evoke. Her
interpretation of the Tower embodies this duality. Using layers of paper and the
translucent softness of watercolor, she creates a visual tapestry that seems to
soften the iron, allowing the Lady to breathe — to dance with Paris’ invisible wind
and witness time’s gentle passing.
But this Tower is, above all, an architecture of affection. This is Simone Momente’s
signature — already familiar to readers of ArtNow Report — as she unveils the soul
of icons that span from Brazilian modernism to global luxury: the Copan building,
MASP, the cable-stayed bridge in São Paulo, the historic Hôtel du Marc in France,
and the futuristic Desert Sail (Burj Al Arab) in Dubai. Simone weaves the Tower
from threads of memory: her parents’ stories of Paris, the soft trade winds they
once spoke of with wonder, the delicate wicker café chairs, the golden trees in
city parks, and the celebration of her parents’ 25th wedding anniversary lived
under the Tower’s watchful gaze. In her hands, the Eiffel Tower becomes more
than a monument — it becomes a portal, where time folds and memories — both
personal and universal — overlap in visual layers, crafting a true landscape of the
soul.