unknown 1 Painting

e new body of work by Fabio La Fauci deals with the subject of portraits, expanding it through an aesthetic research that is both recognisable and imaginary. e gurative language and the abstract language converse to paint the person and sculpt his personality. e elongated neck becomes the platform for the head, betraying curiosity and a certain need for recognition. e head is instead a mask, a mysti cation of reality. In this sense, given the levity in the consumption of contemporary images and the di cult reading of recognisable faces’ intentions, abstraction plays the role of interpreting reality and creating an additional level of complexity. e painting is still a person, a person like the others with a sense of disorientation. A person without an answer or a clear question. is is “Is it you?” e ceramic and the acrylic modelling paste take the place of the face, of the nose and the mouth. e gel digs up the roundness of the face. e face is complex and irregular, but rigorous in the form and in the composition. Ceramics, an unconventional material for portraits in painting, and acrylic gel emerge from oil to continue the movement and the tensions. e juxtaposition of colours and materials are the result and the origin of Fabio’s aesthetic research that is, at the same time, demand and pleasure, dynamism and balance.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11.8 W x 15.7 H x 1.6 D in

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