Fabrizio Clerici - Untitled

An artist with an extraordinarily eclectic nature, Fabrizio Clerici nourishes his explorations with diverse influences, which, starting from a cultured quotation, lead him to a surrealist aesthetic. However, as this mixed technique demonstrates, Fabrizio Clerici's experimentation knows no bounds, even leading him to develop particularly creative languages ​​and styles, as in this case. In the present work, Clerici proposes what appears to be an almost grotesque face, a mask in which figurative and abstract elements overlap.

In terms of style, the citationist/surrealist background that underpins Fabrizio Clerici's artistic practice naturally draws him toward a figurative, even hyper-objective, language. However, as already mentioned, in some works, such as this one, he prefers to experiment with different styles. In this mixed technique, in addition to adopting a highly synthetic form, figurativeism is transcended in the very conception of the subject, constructed through pictorial gestures. The result is a face almost embroidered with the artist's own marks, composed of a reiteration of circular shapes. The prevalence of gesture, lively and vibrant, in the composition of the work is further underscored by the execution, almost smudged, intentionally soiled.

Fabrizio Clerici, born in Milan in 1913 and died in Rome in 1993, was a painter, engraver, and set designer. He was an eclectic artist whose compositional matrix was open to numerous influences, which Clerici was able to rework through the sensibilities of his era: from Giovan Battista Piranesi to Athanasius Kircher, from Caspar David Friedrich to Arnold Böcklin. An internationally renowned artist, his works have been exhibited at the MOMA and the Guggenheim in New York, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, and the Vatican Museums.

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