Signs of life in courtyards and houses in the twilight
Lights bring to mind
Celestial mechanics.
[Franco Battiato, Signs of life]
Claudio Valerio, gets lost in the dark landscapes of his canvases, seeks the affection of a presence in total absence, touches tips of iridescent lucidity. Sparks of possible presences, extraterrestrial lives, signs of hope, emerge from the seething shapes given by the density of charcoal. Dark matter merges with light to capture the multiple combinations of possible worlds responding to the mechanics of infinity.
Critic Valerio Dehò writes about the artist: Valerio's dark painting, black as deep as the dark matter that permeates the universe, is a mirror that does not reflect because it opacifies the image to be transmitted, makes it other, spurious, different. The mirror never told the truth, let us not delude ourselves. To paint in an informally minimal way is to relate to the degree zero of painting, which is springing meaning from nothingness. Reality is no longer sufficient because it is impossible to look at, it does not admit of reflection. Black is a noncolor that absorbs the energy around it, at the bottom of which may be Nothingness or the Absolute...
WORKS INFO | PRICE DATABASE
WORKS IN EXHIBITION
1. Hole, 2023, charcoal, resin and oil on canvas, 40x45 cm.
2. Cathedral, 2023, charcoal, resin and oil on canvas, 40x35 cm.
3. Gap, 2023, charcoal, natural resin and oil on canvas, 25 x 35 cm.
4. Oasis, 2023, charcoal, natural resin and oil on canvas, 35 x 40 cm.
5. Fatuous, 2023, charcoal, natural resin and oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm.
6. Exiles, 2023, charcoal, natural resin and oil on canvas, 35 x 40 cm.
OTHER WORKS | AVAILABLE IN THE GALLERY | BOLOGNA
EXHIBITIONS IN THE GALLERY
Immateriale-Corpo-Immateriale | Group exhibition | more...
Opaco-Spettro-Opaco | Bipersonal | more...
The Others art fair | Group exhibition | more...
Link Room | Group exhibition | more...
The exhibition presented by Studio la Linea Verticale gallery for the spaces related to the Sacristy and adjoining rooms of Montevergini Church, stems from the idea of paying homage to a great Sicilian singer-songwriter, Franco Battiato, through a reinterpretation of the lyrics of the song Segnali di vita (1981) and through the artworks of contemporary artists who collaborate with the gallery. More...
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