Alessandro Kokocinski - Untitled

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to depict an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is simultaneously charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color. In Alessandro Kokocinscki's paintings, abstract and figurative blend almost seamlessly. This painter's favorite subjects tend toward symbolism and surrealism, but everything is transfigured into an extremely experimental language, always striving for strong expressiveness.

As we can see from this work, Alessandro Kokocinski's starting point is tangible reality, leaving a clearly visible trace in the work. In this case, the encounter between the subjects inspires the artist to create a complex group composition. This allows Kokocinski to modulate the figures' forms and positions in a suggestive manner, engaging the viewer in the communication of a strong expressive tension. Kokocinski's experimental approach, however, is primarily expressed formally; indeed, his language reflects several aesthetic influences of contemporary art. First and foremost, the expressionist synthesis of the subjects, reduced to the essential by a nervous style that simplifies their forms with a frenetic rhythm. The faces are masks that recall the lessons of Ensor and Munch. In terms of color, the artist draws on an almost exaggerated gesturality, dictated by his irrepressible creativity. Finally, from a chromatic point of view, Kokocinski favours a palette in line with the expressionism of his style: the colours are electric and acidic in their provocation.

Alessandro Kokocinski, Porto Recanati 1948 – Tuscania 2017. A world-renowned painter, sculptor, and set designer, he exhibited at the 2011 Venice Biennale, in the Italian Pavilion. From Tuscania, where the Foundation and the artist's studio are located, his works travel to the Art Gallery Today Museum in Beijing, the Casa della Cultura Museum in Buenos Aires, the Palazzo Venezia in Rome, and the Academie der Kunts in Berlin. In 2015, the major exhibition "Life and the Mask: From Pulcinella to Clown" was held at the Museo Fondazione Roma. His latest exhibition was held at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples in 2017. The Kokocinski Foundation, in addition to promoting the artist's work, is involved in philanthropic projects supporting the most vulnerable sections of the population.

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