ALESSANDRO PESSOLI

Through the use of a palette that ranges from bright to dreamier colors, his works strike a balance between the amusing and the grotesque, opening up ironic and almost savage reflections on the contemporary world.

The latest body of works by Pessoli has a celebratory tone, in spiteof the fact that the figures represented transmit, at first glance, a sense of torment between the real and the metaphysical. Through a metaphorical and symbolic approach that hints at a childlike vision at times, Pessoli’s universe is permeated by opulent colors, mixing elements and imagery of different origins, often distant from one another. The diverging emotional progressions of the artist’s narratives keep us immersed in his intricate visual landscape. With regard to the themes dealt with, we notice how he always falls back on the great existential – we might say biblical – issues: life, death, desire, sex, joy, sadness, hope, fear, and all the whys they entail.

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