Mario Russo - Woman and Mannequin

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

In this portrait, Mario Russo demonstrates remarkable painting technique, allowing him to render the subject perfectly in a naturalistic manner. The woman, dressed in clothing, appears foreshortened, with a natural and complex twist of the head. The physiognomy is characterized by great precision and rich detail, revealing the painter's genuinely naturalistic approach to art. In addition to this meticulous attention to detail, Russo distinguishes himself with a loose brushstroke, which, while enhancing the figure's plastic qualities, creates a delicate softness in the modeling. The subject's forms thus blend seamlessly with the space, and the play of light and shadow is very natural. Furthermore, Russo's brushstrokes, in defining the background, display a more synthetic approach, lending greater freshness to the depiction. As for the palette, however, Mario Russo prefers non-naturalistic colors with symbolic connotations, while the metaphysical presence of the mannequin confirms the citationist taste that often characterizes the works of this painter.

From Greek sculpture to Fellini's cinema, Mario Russo was a painter open to a wide range of influences. Fragments of memory that he poured into his canvases, creating fascinating iconographies and unsettling juxtapositions. For these reasons, Mario Russo's art can be classified as "Pittura Colta," which proposed a type of art inspired by the citation of images from the worlds of history, archaeology, and literature.

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