Luigi Pretin - Senility

Surrealist aesthetics emerged around the 1920s, encompassing all fields of artistic research. Specifically, in the visual arts, Surrealism sought to explore the human subconscious and translate it into artwork through a mechanical writing process based on dream analysis. Consequently, Surrealist artworks propose the representation of a dreamlike dimension, completely dissociated from reality. However, this representation often relies on a hyperrealistic formal rendering, precisely to paradoxically accentuate the illusory and ambiguous nature of the surreal dimension.

Artist Luigi Pretin draws inspiration from a surrealist aesthetic, faithfully drawing on the historical avant-garde and the figure of Salvador Dalí in particular. Indeed, like the Catalan master, this work is the result of a mix of free associations, combining cultural references with abstract/symbolic elements. Formally, Pretin also closely follows the surrealist school, paradoxically rendering his visions concrete. The objects are treated with a certain harsh hyperrealism that enhances their plasticity, and there is obsessive attention to detail.

Luigi Pretin, Chioggia 1938. At a very young age, he left for Morocco, then Portugal, Spain, and finally France, where he met many artists, including De Chirico and Salvador Dalí. And it was Dalí who had a great persuasive power over him, so much so that for a time he embraced "Surrealism," which he later abandoned to develop his own original style in which dream and reality merge. During the "Fourth International Biennial of Contemporary Art" in Florence, art critic Johnny T. Spike described his painting as "fantastic." His works are held in public and private collections and have been published numerous times in contemporary art catalogs and periodicals.

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