{"product_id":"ercole-pignatelli-senza-titolo","title":"Ercole Pignatelli - Untitled","description":"\u003cp\u003e 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 also 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 Ercole Pignatelli's paintings, abstract and figurative blend almost seamlessly. In this case, the artist selects a scene from everyday life, but everything is transfigured into an extremely experimental language, always striving for strong expressiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis work demonstrates Ercole Pignatelli's extraordinary creative quality and his distinctive style, even in an extremely concise composition. The formal means used to delineate the subjects are minimal: a simple black line and dense fields of color. The artistic conception of this series of works is fundamental to the synthesis of the subjects in order to extract their true essence—that is, what, beyond the phenomenal data, we know or want to know about what we see. This is why, for Pignatelli, it is important to rediscover the spontaneity of primitive art or children's drawing. These are two instinctive attitudes that, in representation, go straight to the true essence of things and also hark back to post-Cubist Picasso. It is clear that, in this series of works, a strong primitive aesthetic takes shape. The composition seems to echo the primitive graffiti of some cave. However, Pignatelli's gesture is free and loose, contemporary, and with just a few strokes he manages to imbue his figures and the space in which they move with a strong personality. The color is based on a polychromy of strong shades, in line with the tradition of the Fauvist-Expressionist avant-garde.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eErcole Pignatelli was born in Lecce in 1935. He moved to Milan with the intention of pursuing an art form that would combine his roots with an international milieu. He maintained an artistic partnership with Lucio Fontana until 1968. His first exhibitions were at the Galleria Il Cavallino in Venice. In 1954, Pignatelli won the San Fedele Prize for young artists. Pignatelli enjoyed great success in the Milanese art scene, receiving numerous awards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paola D'Elia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218144113026,"sku":"PDEL001","price":1100.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/IMG-20220308-WA0007.jpg?v=1768471458","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/ercole-pignatelli-senza-titolo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}