Floating Flowers

“This group of artworks starting from the analysis of the hortus conclusus, the gothic garden that ideally represented the space of reflection and concentration, a spirit’s garden, a metaphor of human existence that simultaneously separates and protects. The study revolves around the garden’s protagonists: the flowers and nature’s forms. The research explores this intimate place, a sort of escape from the outside world, with references to the symbolism and mythology of the past. Printmaking allows him to create flat images by working in layers until the desired shade is achieved. The use of “poor materials” and chosen working process allows him to create images with a wide margin of interpretation. Common subjects make it possible to set up an imaginary and naïf universe in a quiet and personal dimension. […] The never ending Botanical studies became research for something lost, perhaps the fragmentation of life, or the melancholy of life expressed by the reduced and simplified natural outlines. In this process, the floral shapes gain an anthropomorphic appearance and value.“

Text by Marcello Farabegoli for GRAFT, czech-italian art symposium & exhibition curated by Richard Adam and Marcello Farabegoli in the Galerie Miroslava Kubica, Czech Republic, 2017