Antonio Sciacca (1957) - Omaggio ad Alberto Burri





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Antonio Sciacca’s Omaggio ad Alberto Burri is a unique, hand-signed mixed-media on canvas work of 70 by 50 cm, dating to the 2000s and issued as an original piece.
Description from the seller
Artist: Antonio Sciacca (Catania, 1957)
Title: Homage to Alberto Burri
Technique: Enamels on canvas
Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Dating: 2000s
Status: Unique work signed by the artist
In this work from the 2000s, Antonio Sciacca moves away from his celebrated metaphysical hyperrealism to embrace an informal, material exploration, paying tribute to Alberto Burri's visual revolution.
The choice of enamels allows the artist to achieve extremely reflective and saturated surfaces. Unlike matte colors, enamel forms a glassy film that interacts with ambient light, giving the black and gray masses an almost
The artwork is built on a balance of sharp contrasts. The central red, laid down with an almost plastic density, emerges as an incandescent core surrounded by a storm of grays and blacks. The white of the background is not merely empty space, but an active part of the structure, serving as a luminous interspace between the various layers of color.
Sciacca uses a decisive gestural approach, alternating broad strokes with dotted areas that simulate the porosity of organic matter or of cellotex. The texture created by the layered enamels generates a visual relief that invites the tactile exploration of the work.
The work marks a significant moment in Sciacca's body of work: the ability of a high-level figurative artist to synthesize abstraction, while maintaining rigorous formal purity. The homage to Burri is not merely an iconographic reference, but a technical challenge won through the control of a difficult and dynamic material like enamel.
Sciacca's works dedicated to the great masters (such as the tributes to Burri, Rothko, or Fontana) are highly sought after for their ability to fuse the prestige of historical reference with the artist's execution mastery.
Seller's Story
Artist: Antonio Sciacca (Catania, 1957)
Title: Homage to Alberto Burri
Technique: Enamels on canvas
Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Dating: 2000s
Status: Unique work signed by the artist
In this work from the 2000s, Antonio Sciacca moves away from his celebrated metaphysical hyperrealism to embrace an informal, material exploration, paying tribute to Alberto Burri's visual revolution.
The choice of enamels allows the artist to achieve extremely reflective and saturated surfaces. Unlike matte colors, enamel forms a glassy film that interacts with ambient light, giving the black and gray masses an almost
The artwork is built on a balance of sharp contrasts. The central red, laid down with an almost plastic density, emerges as an incandescent core surrounded by a storm of grays and blacks. The white of the background is not merely empty space, but an active part of the structure, serving as a luminous interspace between the various layers of color.
Sciacca uses a decisive gestural approach, alternating broad strokes with dotted areas that simulate the porosity of organic matter or of cellotex. The texture created by the layered enamels generates a visual relief that invites the tactile exploration of the work.
The work marks a significant moment in Sciacca's body of work: the ability of a high-level figurative artist to synthesize abstraction, while maintaining rigorous formal purity. The homage to Burri is not merely an iconographic reference, but a technical challenge won through the control of a difficult and dynamic material like enamel.
Sciacca's works dedicated to the great masters (such as the tributes to Burri, Rothko, or Fontana) are highly sought after for their ability to fuse the prestige of historical reference with the artist's execution mastery.

