Original
available for sale:
giovedì 24 novembre 2016
giovedì 17 novembre 2016
Imaginary maps
From the series “Big Code”, oil and pencil on
paper, 70 x 44 cm, 2011 - 2012.
When we
consider a road map or a map of the territory we note that they contain
different information that are represented by different means, according to the
purpose for which they were created: each time we find colors, symbols and
words that recall a precise meaning. What happens if I take these techniques of
representation, these symbols, and take off the scope for
which they were created and mingle them with each other? Will it be for the
reader a text in a foreign language, that is meaningless, or through the world
of associations and references that each of us possesses, will generate a new
language and associate to those images a new meaning?
These drawings are similar to the series "Code" but
larger. While in that series the initial idea of the map is entirely invented,
here sometimes I start with the virtual exploration (via Google Maps) of a real
city, whose name then appears in the title of the drawing. But even in this
case the real city is only a pretext. Its forms are gradually modified and
reinvented. New symbols are added, the hierarchy of colors and the associations
between the various elements are gradually distorted and lose their original
meaning so that hardly an inhabitant of that city would recognize it as his
own. With this process of work I explore the possibilities of change and
evolution of the original language.
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sabato 5 novembre 2016
Matryoshka
"Matryoshka". From the series "Abandoned rooms",
oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cm, 2016. Original sold.
This series of paintings was inspired by the metaphysical
landscapes of De Chirico. I have always been fascinated by their clear vision
of the architecture, with the precise design
of the shadows, almost anticipating the modern use of three-dimensional
modeling software. In the way I feel, however, more introverted and almost
unsociable, the outer space is transformed into a closed one, private and
protected, from which the human presence is totally gone away. In those rooms
then, it may happen that some strange objects and some unexpected decorations
appear, suggesting that the person who lives there has overcome the lack of
relationship to the outside world with the richness and complexity of his inner
world.
martedì 18 ottobre 2016
Estuary
"Estuary". From the series “The earth seen from the
space”, oil on canvas. 50 x 50
cm .
The first time I used Google Earth
was fantastic. I could not believe that someone had photographed the entire planet,
and that the exploration of this world was accessible to all. Browsing by chance
I discovered amazing sceneries, looking at the city streets from far away I
could accomplish wonderful virtual travels. I discover unexpected color blends at
the mouths of the rivers or along the coast of the sea, shades that make
uncertain the border between land and water. The cultivated fields create a
dense mosaic of colors. The view from a great distance reduces the details and
makes possible a new form of representation of the landscape. Basically, the
only thing that is changed is the point of view.
Original available for sale:
giovedì 29 settembre 2016
the pergola
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domenica 18 settembre 2016
Alphabet
From the series “Alphabet”, china ink on paper.
20 x 20 cm, 2010 .
A barcode
is the graphical representation of a series of numbers. What does creates the
aesthetics of a bar code? It comes from lines, their thickness, the spacing.We can think of it as a language with its compositional
rules, its grammar and its syntax.
I imagined to isolate these rules, separating them from the original purpose for which they were created, and I
tried to change them gradually to invent a new
language and perhaps new meanings.
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mercoledì 31 agosto 2016
the tower
"The tower". Oil on canvas, 40 x 100 cm (15.7 x 39.4 in), 1990. Available for sale (US$ 1100, shipping included).
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