Santiago Cogorno - Untitled

The human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the female figure is an expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the female figure has also been a central figure in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde movements, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

The style of painter Santiago Cogorno, in much of his work, is characterized by the development of a strongly expressionist language. The artist seeks to go beyond what is perceived by the senses to extrapolate the true essence of reality and communicate it in his work in a lively and dramatic manner. For this reason, through the application of color, he develops a highly synthesised process that reduces the subjects to dense, material layers, in which the painter's emotion is also the protagonist, conveyed through his brutal gestures. All these elements together constitute the expressionistic power of Santiago Cogorno's painting. In this etching, however, it is the rhythm of the line that prevails. It constructs the figure in a lively and nervous manner. The woman's figure is simultaneously structured and decomposed in a complex, non-unique space. The result is a figure with a monumentality of its own, but its volumes are practically disintegrated in the process of expressionistic synthesis determined by the artist's gesture.

Santiago Cogorno was an artist born in Buenos Aires in 1915. His family moved to Italy in 1923, and Cogorno trained at the Brera Academy. His first solo exhibition was held in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1949. In the early 1950s, numerous exhibitions of his gouaches were held in Buenos Aires. The artist now exhibited regularly (solo and group shows), participating for example in the Sao Paulo Biennial (1957) and the Venice Biennial (1958), receiving numerous awards. Santiago Cogorno passed away in 2001.

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