Roberto Lazzarini (1951) - Odres

Acrylic textural painting on board
Roberto Lazzarini (1951)
Work signed
With certificate of authenticity
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Biography
- Roberto Lazzarini was born in Massarosa in 1951; his roots are firmly rooted in Versilia, just a stone’s throw from the sea. His artistic path began at a young age, in continuous research and experimentation; anyone who knows him personally would say: a restless soul who does not oppose an artistic spirit. The early works with an expressionist stamp already reveal a strong personality and a creative impulse that unfolds in the use of color. The chromatic mixtures are energetic, determined, often contrasting, the composition is rich and textural. For many years, Lazzarini could not completely part from figuration; he painted men, houses, trees, rivers, animals, inserted in a space of a wholly particular kind, where color dominates over form. His paintings have no compositional order and do not follow the rules of perspective; they are images of the mind and of the inner reality that materialize on the canvas in a disorderly, spontaneous, and gestural way, there is no preparatory drawing, there is no rational scheme, the idea bursts forth and invades the space of the canvas. Lazzarini uses the spatula, preferring it to the brush, because the mark is clear, the gesture expresses strength and determination and there is no turning back. Over the years, he gradually moves away from figurative representation and begins the path of abstraction, where he seems to have found his road home. Never has color been more expressive, the gesture fast and sure, the forms emerge from the depth of chromatic juxtaposition in a continual superimposition. The collages of 2008 mark the transition toward seeking a depth or three-dimensionality that is no longer illusion and appearance, color skillfully dosed on the two-dimensional surface. With these works, the canvases attached and superimposed one over the other protrude from the frame, creating real shadows and reliefs, even if only slightly perceptible."} } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }