Mattia Biagi

MATTIA BIAGI: TAR, BLACK, BEAUTY, MAGIC
Sara Taglialagamba

Abstract:

BIAGI = art as symbolic form

Biagi's art is be defined as symbolic because it complies fully with the fundamental canons of this artistic movement. First, the Ideal, the expression of ideas by means of forms; then follow the synthesis, the reduction in the essence of the symbols, the

Subjectivity, because the object becomes a sign of the idea conceived by subject; Emotion 'to the capacity of the works put out to express emotions, and finally the decorative, understood in its broadest sense recovery, rebuilding, for example, the ancient decorative painting.

TAR AS A MEDIUM

The instrument of expression, through which Mattia Biagi unleashes his creative genius, is the TAR. This special and innovative medium covers the object with its tactile, almost rubbery, texture. The object is highlighted because tar faithfully traces out the contours: as a result, the form plays the starring role in every creation.

The selected object is saved and re-used, dipped in tar and covered with a new black skin. This brand new aspect paradoxically makes the creation even more recognizable, even if its original functionality has been denied. Through his works, ...