{"product_id":"gianni-testa-natura-morta","title":"Gianni Testa - Still Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \"Still Life\" genre emerged in the early 17th century. It consisted of compositions of inanimate subjects, most often flowers or fruit. While initially it was an opportunity for painters to experiment with naturalistic or photographic reproductions of reality, with contemporary art, the \"Still Life\" also became a way of interpreting reality. Indeed, as happened, for example, in the Cubist avant-garde or in Giorgio Morandi, the in-depth exploration of objects was aimed at a conceptual representation, taken beyond the mere sensory aspect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eFamous for his compositions of horses, Gianni Testa, in the traditional still life genre, displays a post-Impressionist maturity. The compositions are all compressed into the foreground, without allowing any spatial depth. The painter's aim is not to capture the sensory aspect of the fruit, but to capture its very essence, its substance. To this end, the brushstrokes, rich in texture, intervene, which, despite the essentiality of the representation, fleshes out the objects, breaking them down into different planes, recording the vibrations of light and life within them. The sensory aspect, therefore, is completely transcended in a complex conception of pictorial practice in which the artist's gestures themselves play a fundamental role. Even from a purely aesthetic perspective, the composition resolves itself in a harmonious dialogue of chromatic zones, created by the balanced arrangement of the colors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eGianni Testa is an artist born in Rome in 1936, where he still lives and works. Throughout his career, he has participated several times in the Rome Biennale, the Rome Quadrennial, and the Milan Triennale. He has exhibited his work in numerous shows in Italy and abroad (Germany, Basel, New York, Philadelphia). He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Vittorio Sgarbi. In 2014, he was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Complesso del Vittoriano in Rome, presented by Claudio Strinati.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giunta Emilio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218631700866,"sku":"EGIU001","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/Gianni-Testa-natura-morta.jpg?v=1768474999","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/gianni-testa-natura-morta","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}