Alessio Maria De Santis(1991) - “Primo Appuntamento”

This mixed media work is imposed by the strong tension between figuration and painterly gesture.
The hand, rendered with almost sculptural realism, becomes a narrative and emotional focal point, while the fragile flower introduces a theme of care and precariousness.
The painted frame acts as a symbolic threshold, separating and at the same time connecting the interior and the exterior, intimacy and the world.
The background, built for layers and free marks, amplifies the contrast between control and instinct.
The pictorial material is alive, crossed by drips and quick interventions that break the compositional balance.
The work dialogues with the figurative tradition but reinterprets it in a contemporary key, suspended between memory and unease.
In the exhibition context, the work maintains an intense and silent presence, capable of engaging the gaze over time.