Luigi Centra - Glass Astral

The work draws on an Informal aesthetic language. The 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 led to a complete 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 research focuses instead on the material from which their works are composed.

Always striving for original hybridizations between abstract and figurative, Luigi Centra's style in this work abandons all form to embrace a decidedly gestural approach. Here, the artist begins by acquiring sensory data and reworks it according to his highly personal sensibility. Thus, the representation of the world definitively loses all contact with phenomenal reality, translating into a pure transposition of matter and gesture. Centra seeks to capture the impression of the world he senses, but this leads him to completely disintegrate form and translate his perception directly into pictorial gesture. This gesture is expressed in a series of broad brushstrokes that seem to move in a circle across the surface of the canvas. The usual polychromy of strong hues, typical of Centra, is balanced by the use of black.

Luigi Centra was born in Carpineto Romano in 1934. From his earliest days, he was an exponent of Pop Art, which he imported from America along with artists such as Mario Schifano. However, throughout his career, he also expressed himself as an Impressionist. He has lived in Veroli for many years and travels across the world to participate in exhibitions of his work. A museum has been dedicated to him, and he participated in the Venice Biennale, where he was praised by Vittorio Sgarbi. His works are exhibited in the most important museums around the world, and the Municipality of Strà, in the province of Venice, named the International Great Artists Award after him, as well as the park where the award is held. But Luigi Centra did not dedicate himself exclusively to painting. He wrote and published 81 books. Furthermore, over the course of his life, he met internationally renowned figures in the worlds of art, film, entertainment, and fashion, and he also appeared as an actor in several films.

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