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Printmaking, gumoil on Cardboard
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Theme: PLAYING WITH THE ATOMIC BOMB It is estimated that at this time the nuclear warheads at the disposal of the various powers and superpowers (USA, Russia, France, UK, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea), amount to around 17.000 of which almost 4,000 ready to the throwing. The experience of man's life on earth, as it has been for thousands of years, at any moment could change drastically even considering, at best, a limited nuclear war. We all hope that these weapons of mass destruction ready to hit only serve as a deterrent, given the real change of humanity self-destruction, as it has been since the end of World War II until today. But I'm starting to be distressed, therefore I feel the need to make something to exorcize the fear for the constant threat of the nuclear weapons. One of the effects of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki that most impressed me is the shadows printed on the walls by the flash of the explosion: in the moment of the splitting of the atom of uranium (or plutonium) a large amount of energy is released, it generates a kind sun-fireball, whose thermal radiation, (they speak of hundreds of thousand of degrees), vaporize and / or carbonize everything is in the immediate vicinity. For a whole series of chemical-physical phenomena, the bodies and objects, interposed to the propagation of thermal radiation, absorbing part of the heat, leave their own shadow engraved on the rear surfaces. Since the etched shadows have a similarity with those made with the photographic technique, I thought about using this last one to print shadows as if they were made with a nuclear explosion, in other words as if used the atomic bomb to create artistic print. The most congenial technique to make this type of prints is certainly that of "gumoil", the prints are high-contrast and therefore free of intermediate grays, moreover, traditional oil colors are used as dyeing, just those that most painters he used for centuries.
2016
gumoil on Cardboard
One-of-a-kind Artwork
19.7 W x 27.6 H x 0.1 D in
Black
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Born in Budrio (Bo) in 1960; He lives in Argenta in the province of Ferrara. From an early age is fond of drawing, painting and plastic techniques, this interest led him to deepen his art studies, first at the Institute of Art in Bologna, course of Decorative Painting, then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, section Decoration. In the academic field develops the knowledge of various artistic techniques, but especially of photography, engraving and silk-screen printing; the latter technique is dedicated to the thesis which is entitled, "SILK-SCREEN PRINTING: TECHNIQUE AND ART (notes and reflections)", the written dissertation explores, in particular, the work of the artist Andy Warhol, one of the major US Pop Art artists. Upon graduation, turns off the interest in artistic practices, however, after a long period of inactivity that lasted nearly 30 years, is reborn strong desire to express himself, but today the basic techniques acquired at the time of 'Academy are backed, no doubt, by a most original and mature personality.
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