Michele Spatuzzi - Untitled

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.

Michele Spatuzzi's pictorial language is based on a highly cursive interpretation of phenomenal reality. The representation relies exclusively on color, with a lively, darting line that delineates the subjects, imbuing them with vibrations that are luminous yet existential. With this technique, Spatuzzi manages to create a very ethereal and light painting, in which the subject almost dissolves into the light and atmosphere, leaving room for the painter's agitated gestures, through which Spatuzzi transfigures his most intimate perception of reality. The black, calligraphic line that moves in arabesques across the surface of the work is highly distinctive, as is the palette, which leans toward shades of gray. All these characteristics indicate Michele Spatuzzi's certain inspiration from De Pisis.

Michele Spatuzzi was born in Avellino in 1922 and died in Naples in 2009. He achieved some fame during the 1970s. In 1972, he exhibited at the Champs-Élysées in Paris. He won first prize at the La Spezia Art Biennale and at the Accademia Italia.

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