He searches for himself Painting

The works in the collection entitled From Jackson to Jackson present the use of the dripping technique juxtaposed with the written quotations of the great American artist or pronounced by critics or interpreted by me, after having read the testimonies collected on the thought of the great artist. This painting is part of a trilogy. I was inspired by the phrase of a critic who, speaking of Jackson Pollock, referred to his existence as a drama in three acts: 1930-47. He searches for himself- 1947-50. He finds himself- 1950-56. He loses himself. In this work, I traced my shape curled up on the canvas in the fetal position to give a visual testimony of someone who has not yet been born, as if it were in the womb. In fact, the reference phrase is: he searches for himself. Before draining the whole painting with the colours in a dense network of lines, I highlighted the outline with a light layer of fine sand, fixed with liquid glue. To make the curled up shape visible, I coloured it with grey lines.Once dried the paint, I used the style of the stencil to spray paint the phrase I had previously prepared carving a thick cardboard. The idea of working on Pollock’s production came to my mind a few years ago, after seeing his first paintings realized with the revolutionary dripping technique displayed in Venice, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and a couple of months later in New York. In those years I had begun my research on a form of painting able to convey the energy and force involved in the creative act. I was working on the concept of space. A space without a centre. Or even better, where anything could become the centre, allowing the spectator to enter the painting from any point. I would resort to shapes and colours that could go beyond the boundaries set by the frame, and lay my canvas on the floor in order to be able to circle them. Normally I paint my works in nature, in open spaces like mountains or forests. After I finish them in my studio. This is the reason why I also published my photographs in while I paint in the middle of nature.

Painting:Enamel on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:59 W x 80 H x 0.1 D in

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