work
A come Amore, A come Ananas
| category | Painting |
| subject | Abstract, Political / Social |
| tags | amore, odio, heart, cuore, hate, love, ananas, pineapple, pop |
| base | 100 cm |
| height | 100 cm |
| depth | 4 cm |
| year | 2023 |
Acrylic on canvas
Unique work
Chance generates art, and art generates chance
The relationship between chance and art has been a debated topic in the artistic world for a long time. Many artists used the element of chance as part of the creative process, leading to surprising and unexpected results, and enabling the creation of unique and original works.
Let’s consider Jackson Pollock’s dripping technique, which gives way to unpredictability creating magnificent artistic expression.
But what if chance was the determining factor of a painting’s subject, rather than the casualty of the painting action? What would happen then?
Can art be generated by chance? And if so, can art, in turn, generate chance in return?
These are the questions that launched my new project, which involves the creations of paintings based on a random element, or rather, two random elements.
The idea is to use social media to collect words, based on the initial letter I propose.
Through a random drawing, I select two among those words, they will determinate the creation of the artwork not before having analyzed, studied and processed these terms, in order to become something that makes sense.
So, in this case, the draw of two words which have been gifted me, effectively generates art but, on the contrary, art does not generate chance because each piece beholds its own message, its own story and reason, which implies a process of thought and selection.
A come Amore, A come Ananas
Chance generates art, art generates chance.
Love (Amore) and Pineapple (Ananas) are the first two letters withdrawn for the first painting.
Love is represented by the heart while pineapple by the American MK2 hand grenade, named after the fruit because of its shape.
One of the most important Roman Empire poets, Valerio Catullo, wrote "I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured", expressing the big contrast of love and hate on every level of relationships.
Why in a relationship that should bring just love, hate mechanisms also get triggered? Many could be the reasons and they all reconnect to unhealthy feelings. Who has never been, directly or indirectly, in a similar situation where a relationship, which should stand for unity, erupts in aggressive behaviors instead?
In the painting the heart, pictured as an academic illustration remarking its core function, is in contrast with hate, pictured as a hand grenade. It becomes the main detail, beautiful and in big contrast with the simplicity of the heart, like a yin and yang, a luxury object to own which, now more than ever, represents our need of appearing instead of being.
Love for ourselves, hate for everyone else. What is left is love's attempt of invading the space of hate, leaving us with the hope of a possible change.
Unique work
Chance generates art, and art generates chance
The relationship between chance and art has been a debated topic in the artistic world for a long time. Many artists used the element of chance as part of the creative process, leading to surprising and unexpected results, and enabling the creation of unique and original works.
Let’s consider Jackson Pollock’s dripping technique, which gives way to unpredictability creating magnificent artistic expression.
But what if chance was the determining factor of a painting’s subject, rather than the casualty of the painting action? What would happen then?
Can art be generated by chance? And if so, can art, in turn, generate chance in return?
These are the questions that launched my new project, which involves the creations of paintings based on a random element, or rather, two random elements.
The idea is to use social media to collect words, based on the initial letter I propose.
Through a random drawing, I select two among those words, they will determinate the creation of the artwork not before having analyzed, studied and processed these terms, in order to become something that makes sense.
So, in this case, the draw of two words which have been gifted me, effectively generates art but, on the contrary, art does not generate chance because each piece beholds its own message, its own story and reason, which implies a process of thought and selection.
A come Amore, A come Ananas
Chance generates art, art generates chance.
Love (Amore) and Pineapple (Ananas) are the first two letters withdrawn for the first painting.
Love is represented by the heart while pineapple by the American MK2 hand grenade, named after the fruit because of its shape.
One of the most important Roman Empire poets, Valerio Catullo, wrote "I hate and I love. Why I do this, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it happening and I am tortured", expressing the big contrast of love and hate on every level of relationships.
Why in a relationship that should bring just love, hate mechanisms also get triggered? Many could be the reasons and they all reconnect to unhealthy feelings. Who has never been, directly or indirectly, in a similar situation where a relationship, which should stand for unity, erupts in aggressive behaviors instead?
In the painting the heart, pictured as an academic illustration remarking its core function, is in contrast with hate, pictured as a hand grenade. It becomes the main detail, beautiful and in big contrast with the simplicity of the heart, like a yin and yang, a luxury object to own which, now more than ever, represents our need of appearing instead of being.
Love for ourselves, hate for everyone else. What is left is love's attempt of invading the space of hate, leaving us with the hope of a possible change.
