Giorgio De Chirico - Red Glove

This type of subject can be classified within the metaphysical aesthetic. The artistic movement founded by Giorgio de Chirico reclaims images that already exist, familiar to the collective imagination. However, it creates an effect of alienation through the process of displacement, that is, the sudden appearance of an object outside its usual context, or through condensation, the fusion of multiple objects into a single entity. Metaphysical art is also distinguished by the ostentatiously illusory nature of its images.

This lithograph is emblematic of Giorgio de Chirico's aesthetic choices: following the rule of displacement, a red glove inexplicably appears in a square, and moreover in a space constructed according to impossible perspective rules. But the composition itself is also the product of an accumulation, constructed from different entities and objects. The buildings appearing in the square derive from a taste for quotation typical of metaphysics, which leads De Chirico, in these works, to include architectural elements typical of the Italian tradition. Rather, it is their arrangement and combination that gives rise to that enigmatic and mysterious dimension that is purely metaphysical. In his graphic works, too, De Chirico opts for a very objective and dry style, which tends to highlight the figures and enhance their enigmatic and illusory nature.

Giorgio De Chirico, born in Volos, Greece, in 1888, died in Rome in 1978. He is the founder of Metaphysical painting. De Chirico reclaims images that already exist, familiar to the collective imagination. But he creates an effect of estrangement through the process of displacement—the sudden appearance of an object outside its usual context—or condensation, the fusion of multiple objects into a single entity. Metaphysical painting is also characterized by the illusory nature of its images.

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