Unknown Artist - Clowns

The clown was a popular subject among genre painters of the 1970s and 1980s. Many artists dedicated much of their careers to depicting this theme, Romano Mussolini being a prime example. Typically, the interpretation of this subject is similar for all artists who attempt it: the clown appears with his makeup designed to evoke laughter and hilarity, but instead displays a melancholic expression. This contrast is intended to spark an empathetic dialogue with the viewer. The clown has also been favored by many painters for another formal reason. Indeed, his flamboyant makeup and colorful clothing offer painters a pretext for creating original color harmonies.

The language used in this work draws on an exquisitely expressionist aesthetic. The figures are subjected to a remarkable synthesis achieved through the use of paint. Indeed, the subjects are created with highly dynamic brushstrokes, reminiscent of experience and rich with existential vibrations. The artist's gestures distort the figures, elongating and tapering them, achieving a remarkable result in the work's expressive potential. Furthermore, the complex pictorial process does not stop at the clowns alone, but encompasses the entire space of the work in a dynamic and iridescent chromatic surface.

As we can see from the execution of this work, the artist refers to an expressionist language in the accentuated synthesis of the subjects and in the notably gestural pictorial layout.

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