From the series “Anatomy’s studies”, oil and graphite
on paper, 30 x 12 cm .
In some old manuals of anatomy I
find very accurate and detailed illustrations that represent the different
parts of the human body. The internal organs, the tissues, the degenerations
provoked by disease are represented with extreme precision and detail. The
color contrast is very strong to highlight all the details. Generally there is
a prevalence of yellow and red. The images are fixed in crystalline stillness
that deprives them of any sense of fear or disgust for what we are observing.
On the contrary, the wealth of detail and fullness of the representation, if
for one moment we can forget the subject they portray, can allow us to imagine
a sort of sensuality.
These artworks
are made on paper overlaying subsequent layers of oil painting and pencil
drawing (I often use graphite not only to emphasize the traits but as a colour
itself, to fill and darken entire areas of the drawing). The elongated shape of
the paper allows me to imagine that these muscles, tendons and organic forms
that I invented, are pulled or contracted, giving them a sense of softness or
elasticity.
Original available for sale.
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