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| Year of creation | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 40 W × 60 H × 0.1 D cm |
| Type of art | painting |
| Style | contemporary art |
| Genre | still-life |
| Materials | lithography, paper |
| Type of packaging | cardboard box |
Description of the Artwork “Designing Stories”
This captivating lithograph merges the everyday with the artistic, bringing the mundane into focus through the lens of contemporary art. The interplay of decorative elements and graphic design creates a rich tapestry, inviting viewers to explore the art's underlying narratives. The piece's aesthetic is both reflective and engaging, offering a fresh perspective on traditional still-life themes through vibrant expressions and detailed form.
Artwork in the interior
Athos Collura, Italy
After a few years dedicated to an original experimentation with the collage technique, aimed at giving body and voice to political and social themes (1963-68), he became one of the most authoritative and audacious interpreters of the psychedelic movement in Italy, creating highly suggestive works, including the "Peacock Room", built in 1971-72, completely painted from floor to ceiling. From the 1980s onwards his work is characterized by an innovative metaphysics and surrealism, which define an autonomous research in line with the postmodern climate that was establishing itself. This period, of which the "Confini" cycle (1980/1998) is part, is characterized by compositions structured by images, associated with dreamlike and symbolic representations aimed at expanding the "borders" of the imagination. With the "Visual Codex" series, begun at the end of the nineties, the artist arrives at the crucial moment of his reflection on artistic and visual language, provocatively identifying the barcode as an icon of the consumerist drift of art: the work is characterized from the cancellation of the pictorial image and its illusory overturning, to the continuous search for an exploration of the boundaries of representation and pictorial writing.