Lives and works in S. Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
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Canvases are presented as photograms of rituals and gestures of a timeless spirit, and recount the genesis and history of ideas and objects that are able to survive the progression of eras, settling as current fragments of a not so distant past.
These objects are placed in an undefined painted space, where their function becomes ambiguous; they are traces of man's attempt to communicate with a reality that is superior to him, instruments of traditions, faith, and different cultures whose minimum common denominator is the capacity for synthesis, creations of a spiritual world that are the result of a collective unconscious.
The painted scenes are intimate and private moments that break apart at first glance: in the instant in which we try to recognise features and presence, they become empty, losing the specific nature of their narration, to then fill in and return with new signs, new tracks that become universal, abandoning the precise coordinates of time and space.
My interest in anthropological nature follows an omnivorous acquisition process of images, forms and figures, defined as a pathway of creation and the manipulation of symbols and images set to disappear, only leaving traces of itself behind.
Scacciadiavoli, 40 x 50 cm, Oil on linen, 2019
Oath upon the iced fire, 40 x 50 cm, Oil on linen, 2019
Acchiappasole, 70 x 100 cm, Oil on linen, 2019
Upupa/hopooe, 69 x 69 cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
La pennica del satiro, 80 x 100 cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
The ancient legend of the cabbage leaf, 180 x 200 cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
Small flame at the origin of the Universe, 50 x 60 cm, Oil on linen, 2018
Only a big stone, 200 x 250 cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
Incenso, 80 x 100 cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
Mascherone, 80 x 100 cm, Oil on linen, 2019
About the Artist
Born in Thiene (Italy) in 1992, in 2017 achieve an MA at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (Belgium) after the BA in Visual Arts at IUAV in Venice. In 2018 win the first prize at the Painting section at Arte Laguna Prize and in 2019 win the first prize in the Painting section at Combat Prize.
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