Untitled (1), 2011

Ideas that take shape and forms that maintain the dynamic volubility of ideas: this is often the first sensation one experiences in the presence of Diego Perrone’s works. Drawing on multiple sources, including the peasant culture of his native region and both twentieth-century Italian art and the history of cinema, both of which were part of his academic training, the artist explores obscure territories, descending into melancholy, ironic or sometimes frightening regions. As in a reckless introspective journey, logic in his work seems to give way to other, more powerful forces, and the reality that may be evoked becomes a surprising mythopoetic environment. [...]