SLEEPS
Itis a pictorial investigation centered on sleep, as the titleindicates. But not the sleepas the mind bridge to the world of dreams, but rather as a form ofalienation of the being from the flow of the world.
The paintingswere realised after models – friends or aquiantances-, but I wasn'tactually interested inthe act of painting afternature, but ratherin capturingthose uniquelyencripted momentsin whichthesepersonsescaped present time and space, leaving themselvescaughtin aslow and cumbersome leakagetowards sleep.These veryshort momentshaverevealed to me the real profoundness ofsleep, asa representationof thedissapearance and the alienation of therepresentedobject itself, despite the fact that theactual "sleeps(as a plural!)"donot imply theact ofsleeping,but rather the emergence of a maximum vulnerabilityof the inside, akind of preparatory"step"to our immersion intosleep.
Thecompositions were initially thought as rigorousdrawings.These eventuallyled to some rough color sketchesthat still show the initial gestural structure, confering a sort oftransparency to the phasesofthe creativeprocess.
The paintingswere realised after models – friends or aquiantances-, but I wasn'tactually interested inthe act of painting afternature, but ratherin capturingthose uniquelyencripted momentsin whichthesepersonsescaped present time and space, leaving themselvescaughtin aslow and cumbersome leakagetowards sleep.These veryshort momentshaverevealed to me the real profoundness ofsleep, asa representationof thedissapearance and the alienation of therepresentedobject itself, despite the fact that theactual "sleeps(as a plural!)"donot imply theact ofsleeping,but rather the emergence of a maximum vulnerabilityof the inside, akind of preparatory"step"to our immersion intosleep.
Thecompositions were initially thought as rigorousdrawings.These eventuallyled to some rough color sketchesthat still show the initial gestural structure, confering a sort oftransparency to the phasesofthe creativeprocess.
SLEEPS
200x 160 cm (4 canvases of 50 x 160 cm), acrylic on canvas, 2012
200x 160 cm (4 canvases of 50 x 160 cm), acrylic on canvas, 2012
detail of "Sleeps"
detail of "Sleeps"
detail of "Sleeps"
detail of "Sleeps"
detail of "Sleeps"
INSOMNIA
150x 170 cm (3 canvases of 50 x 170 cm), oil on canvas, 2012
150x 170 cm (3 canvases of 50 x 170 cm), oil on canvas, 2012
detail of "Insomnia"
detail of "Insomnia"
