{"product_id":"leonardo-chionna-atlantide","title":"Leonardo Chionna - Atlantis","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe devastation wrought by World War II 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 connected 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 exploration focuses instead on the material from which their works are composed. The work of Leonardo Chionna, a contemporary artist, is connected to this type of aesthetic, both in his painting and sculpture. In sculpture in particular, the works he creates have no counterpart in phenomenal reality, being, through and through, a mental elaboration of the artist given plastic substance. For this reason, a subject of this type can be defined, in its own right, as a concrete work of art, in the sense that its creative process is not resolved in a process of abstraction from Nature but is based entirely on the artist's subjective perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eWe have just defined Leonardo Chionna's artistic practice as concrete because it is based on the creation of objects belonging to a dimension other than the phenomenal reality we can perceive through our senses. Indeed, his work stems from the inspiration to create the symbols of a lost civilization belonging to a space-time dimension different from our own. As the title itself suggests, the myth of Atlantis strongly influences Chionna's creative process, resulting in an informal artistic conception in which the value of materiality is combined with a fascination for the signs and symbols of a mysterious civilization. The artifact itself presents itself, in appearance, as an enigmatic relic, the remains of a dark obelisk broken at the top. The artifact's millennia of age have also caused its outer surface to collapse, revealing its underlying layers. This is where Chionna's aesthetic and conceptual emphasis lies in the juxtaposition of different materials: the golden smoothness of the exterior (of which few traces remain) is contrasted with the hidden interior, which is revealed as raw, colorless, and shapeless. The central section concentrates all the mysterious allure of the object, in a band covered with incomprehensible signs, an alphabet of symbols from another dimension, which the artist, through his perception, has become a conduit for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eLeonardo Chionna, painter and sculptor, took his first steps in the art world in the 1970s, always exploring original themes aimed at perceptive explorations that transcended the perceptual realm. For this reason, he was dubbed the \"Shaman,\" so much so that the artist often exhibited his works in places where they could be silently contemplated—churches, castles, and woods. His training was enriched in the 1980s by his association with poets at the University of Lecce's Poetry Laboratory, including Salvatore Caliolo. His collaboration with philosopher Arrigo Colombo, founder of the Utopia movement, was also crucial to the development of his poetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Termini Gernaldo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56215708926338,"sku":"GTER001","price":7500.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/CHIONNA-copia.jpg?v=1768428422","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/leonardo-chionna-atlantide","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}