Riccardo Guarneri - exhibition opening

In our often excursus on artists, who characterized post-war Italian painting, Riccardo Guarneri,a well-known exponent of Analytical Art, could not miss. The exhibition consists of about twenty works on Arches paper. The cards are all of the same size, 50x70 cm, of the same weight and grain. Paper is an ideal support for Riccardo Guarneri works because his painting is evanescent, sometimes algid, all played on the coloristic shades of colors that are already soft and light. Only the color must be seen without any underlying texture to disturb the perception of the viewer, to corrupt the lyricism that emanates from the work. From a distance the shapes are almost indistinguishable if it were not for the lines that often separate the various color crosshashes. A soft light pervades the work, but it is a cold light, without moisture, almost sidereal coming from the uncontaminated space or perhaps from the depths of the soul, perhaps expresses a need for purity and quiet, for intimate reflection on the meaning of art and perhaps of existence. In some of these works Guarneri inserts writings, but at the end of the day they are written without meaning, probably a trick to attract the attention of the viewer or to create a tapestry with a testure of small signs, a question mark in the understanding of the work. In some works Guarneri introduces geometric figures, but generally they are not perfect figures otherwise the discourse would end here, their imperfection must arouse a certain amount of ambiguity because the intent is not to focus on the geometric figure but on the shades of light and color between the various figures and therefore to appreciate the dynamic coloristic balance of the whole work.

On the website at the www.galleriaincontro.it/en/artisti-opere/riccardo-guarneri you can view other works for sale by Riccardo Guarneri and a short biography of him

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