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This pair of prints presents two very important subjects in the work of the great Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso. On one side, a view of Bagheria, his hometown, to which he always had ties, in an emblematic representation that helps us understand Guttuso's interpretation of reality. On the other, one of the cards from the "Tarot" series, consisting of 78 silkscreen prints in which Guttuso, in addition to the arcana, gave his interpretation of playing cards.
The view of Bagheria, in particular, demonstrates how Guttuso's style always straddles the boundary between the phenomenal reality (that which we can apprehend through the senses) and the noumenal reality (that which we can investigate through the intellect) of the object. Indeed, his drawing structure, solid and geometric, anchored in the sensory world, demonstrates that his perception of the object, and especially of the object in space, transcends the phenomenon. Indeed, the representation is conducted along multiple directional lines, according to a non-univocal perspective. In this way, the structures of things are explored more deeply, breaking them down into the complex space created by the artist. Renato Guttuso's investigative process continues through his pictorial layering, emphasizing areas of volume and highlighting the object's relationships with the space in which it interacts. Furthermore, Renato Guttuso employs an elaborate pictorial style that imbues the objects with existential vibrations. As for the palette, the Sicilian painter typically uses a range of warm, brown colors, in keeping with his realist aesthetic. In the depiction of the playing card, however, we find another facet of Renato Guttuso's poetics, in the definition of a minimalist language that, once again, harks back to a realism made of simple things.
Renato Guttuso, born in Bagheria in 1911 and died in Rome in 1987, was a painter deeply involved in politics and social issues. His artistic commitment stemmed from his socialist ideals and his outrage over social injustice and abuses of power. He participated in the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti group, developing a Realist-Expressionist style of painting and developing his "social art." Guttuso's most important works, expressing his neorealist art, were masterpieces such as Ficilazione in Campagna (Fucilation in the Countryside) and Fuga dall'Etna (Escape from Etna). He was also elected senator twice, in 1976 and 1979, for the Italian Communist Party.
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