Umberto Torricelli - Dead and blues

The subject's depiction draws inspiration from hyperrealist currents. Hyperrealism aims for a completely objective representation of reality: the artist's desire is to reproduce what he sees without any interpretation. In this sense, the hyperrealist aesthetic also constitutes a paradox, often consciously sought by artists. Indeed, thanks in part to the use of highly aggressive techniques, inspired by the world of advertising, and the use of bright color palettes, a rendering of the naturalistic element is achieved that is so pure as to appear illusory, deliberately fake.

Torricelli's hyperrealist technique has two fundamental motivations. On the one hand, his experience as an illustrator leads him to adopt a figurative, highly objective style, free from any pictorial interpretation. The subject is spare, depicted in minute detail, illuminated by a uniform light that contrasts sharply with the darkness of the background. The second motivation is to accentuate the surreal nature of the subject through a hyperrealist depiction that highlights its paradoxical elements.

Umberto Torricelli, born in Milan in 1966, is a painter and illustrator. He is a passionate comic book fan, especially Andrea Pazienza, Stefano Tamburini, and Tonino Liberatore, as well as Hugo Pratt. His paintings favor hard-boiled and noir atmospheres.

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