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Senza titolo (5), 2019

Loaned to
GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna
Description
Plaster and graphite
Dimensions

18.5inch x 21inch x 2.75inch

No. Elements
1
Object Type
scultura
Credits
©Francesco Barocco - Courtesy GAM - Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino - foto di Perottino-Piva-Bottallo / Artissima 2019 - Proprietà della Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT
The Artist
Francesco Barocco’s art cannot be easily summarized in terms of themes or languages but it is, first of all, identifiable by an attitude that reflects the daily demands of work carried out in the space of his studio, in a search for a sense of authenticity of creation that cannot help but entail continuous new approaches. He forgets neither traditional techniques, particularly engraving, nor history—the totality of images from ancient to modern art, Western and otherwise, which he fully and freely draws upon as a patrimony all his own. It is as if a universal museum, in the manner of Malraux, an infinite atlas of works, were covering the walls of his studio, opening them up to a world of references that is simultaneously total and subjective. [...]

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