Giancarlo Savino - Untitled - MSCA001

The work draws on an Informal aesthetic language. The devastation wrought by the Second World War left a profound mark on Western civilization, which in the visual arts also resulted in an inability to communicate. For some artists, this challenge resulted in a total rejection of any visual language, resulting in the birth of Informal Art. The various Informal movements are certainly linked to American Abstract Expressionism, especially with regard to the gestural component, but they go further in their rejection of any figurative element, even geometric. Their research focuses instead on the material with which they compose their works. The complex language of the artist Giancarlo Savino, open to all types of experimentation, does not entirely reject figuration (indeed, the human body is often discernible in his compositions), but everything is placed within a context where the painter's gesture is the absolute protagonist, in a language of strong hermeticism that confirms its affiliation with an Informal aesthetic.

As we can see in this painting, gesture is the absolute protagonist of Giancarlo Savino's painting. His compositions define a dimension that escapes any spatial-temporal rules, so much so that it could be described as surreal. The images, even those attributable to a figurative language, become part of a system of pictorial signs that transfigure the artist's inner vision onto the work. Hence, the complexity of the pictorial layering, which, in his easel work, takes on a truly frenetic expressionistic fervor. In this work in particular, the human figure, where discernible, is deformed and engulfed in a rotating, swirling motion that dominates the entire composition. The sensation of movement is irresistible and controls a seemingly chaotic system of signs and gestures. The expressive languages ​​used by Savino in this work are countless and varied, as are the colors, giving rise to a complicated orchestration of dissonances.

Giancarlo Savino, Neapolitan by birth, Roman by adoption, has lived and worked in Rome since 1996. He began his artistic career at a very young age, which, in addition to painting, is expressed through music, poetry, theater, and sculpture. Among the numerous galleries and museums where he has exhibited his work, we note: KunstHalle in Bern – Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome – Palazzo dei Sette in Orvieto – Museo Canonica in Rome curated by the Association of Italian Gallerists – 54th Venice Biennale – Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Turin (Sala Nervi) – Gallery of Art Temple University Rome. He published a book of watercolors entitled “Frame Cafè” (Ed. Electa) accompanied by an unpublished story by Antonio Tabucchi. In 2013, he won first prize in the Italian Artists section of the “Limen” International Prize. He is included in: “History of Italian Art of the 20th Century” edited by G. di Genova; "Stories with Figures" by Antonio Tabucchi; "History of Italy" (Einaudi Publishing), Volume V of the Annals (The Landscape); "What Avant-Garde? Art in Naples in the Second Half of the 20th Century," an essay edited by Vitaliano Corbi. His works are held in public and private collections.

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