Enrica Toffoli

I work on the basis of photographs, without copying them. I paint in acrylic, applying the color with small and fast strokes. They are expressive paintings. The small and fast strokes define the model in a precise way almost like realism or photorealism, even if nothing has to do with them. My painting does not attempt to create the illusion of a realistic copy, even if everything is defined unequivocally. We are constantly bombarded with images that want to seduce. Advertisements, posters or multimedia images are designed to be grabbed quickly. The message must be decoded in an instant and therefore remember. My paintings develop in a life of their own and "force" the viewer to dwell on the image and take their time to get to know it. Instead of a "quick consumption", you have to take a break from the surrounding chaos and dedicate yourself to watching. Furthermore, faces are never beautiful or standardized, but belong to individuals; I try to go further and get to the core of the human being in its essence. The background seems to wrap the images like a blanket, almost to shelter them from the world around them. People are not puppets, but multifaceted personalities, full of contradictions and feelings. The look at ...

July 24, 2014 the works 2013 AUTUMN AND WINTER REMEMBER MATTO INNO TO LIFE
they are shown on two of the largest video billboards in Times Square 46 Th ST and Broadway in New York.
22 October - 25 October 2014 1st Biennial of Figurative Arts of
Naples "Partenope Prize"

2015-
July 13, 2015: "The Pearl of Life" is projected inside the Louvre Museum in Paris
July 28, 2015: In the "Points of View" section by the Art Critic Doctor Roberta Fillari on the afferdablepoint web channel
August 1-August 30: Collective Exhibition "Artistic Suggestions" in Pieve di Cadore, birthplace of Tiziano Vecellio

2016-
From 15 to 31 October 2016: present at the "Roma Calling" International Exhibition in conjunction with the personal exhibition of Amanda Lear (Exhibition curated by Vittorio Sgarbi). Crocetti Museum, via Cassia 492. Rome 2019-
17 March 2019 Participation and victory in the VotArti online competition - free the creativity launched by the Gigarte portal, with the work "Don't leave me"
From 27 to 31 March 2019 take part in the AFFORDABLE ART FAIR (Accessible Art Fair) 125 West 18TH Street, New York
March 28, 2019: On the occasion of the month dedicated to women "The River of Life" takes part in the Women's History Month in New Y...