Ugo Attardi - Memories of Eroticism

The work can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones. The Impressionists, in particular, favored subjects related to modern life in urban, bourgeois settings. More specifically, this work by Ugo Attardi explores, through existentialism and the analysis of human relationships, a bourgeois world captured in its everyday gestures and rituals.

This work is highly significant, as it demonstrates how expressive an artist can be despite the limited formal means. In this case, Attardi uses only the thinnest of graphic strokes, but it's enough to delineate a complex scene, both figuratively and psychologically. The figures of the two subjects are constructed with perfect plasticity, even exaggerated and distorted for expressive effect, as are the facial features. The artist also uses a light brushstroke to capture, in a highly concise yet effective manner, the shadows on the two figures.

Ugo Attardi, born in Sori in 1923 and died in Rome in 2006, was a painter and sculptor. After beginning his career as an abstract artist, joining the Forma 1 group, in the 1950s he turned to Expressionism, drawing inspiration from Bacon and Grosz. He participated in several editions of the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadrennial and exhibited his work in numerous solo and group shows in Italy and abroad.

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