Alessandro Alteo (1997) - Monocromo Bianco - 625

Mixed media - Hand-signed - 2025
Artist: Alessandro Alteo
Title: White Monochrome - 625
Technique: extrusion on canvas
Year: 2025
Dimensions: 70x50
Conservation status: Perfect

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Alessandro Alteo – Red monochrome extrusion, contemporary spatial research in the spirit of Bonalumi, Castellani and Fontana

Original work by Alessandro Alteo, characterized by a white monochrome surface pierced by a circular extrusion shape, capable of generating a delicate dialogue between light and shadow, transforming the canvas into a vibrant and dynamic body, where the perception of space and the viewer’s sensitivity become an integral part of the work.

Alteo’s research follows the great Italian estroflessione tradition, ideally dialoguing with Agostino Bonalumi, Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Paolo Scheggi, Turi Simeti, Giuseppe Amadio, Luigi Sonzini, recalling the material tension of Alberto Burri and the luminous sculpture of Arnaldo Pomodoro. At the same time, his work engages with international abstraction and modern research of Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Pierre Soulages, Mario Schifano, Piero Manzoni, Alighiero Boetti, Michelangelo Pistoletto, integrating the visual poetry of Pop Art by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, Yayoi Kusama, Damien Hirst, Kenny Scharf, Daniel Arsham, KAWS, Barry McGee, Ai Weiwei, Daniel Arsham, Okuda San Miguel, Felipe Pantone, Elmago, Orlinski, Rero, JonOne, and many other international protagonists.

Alteo belongs to a new generation of artists who reinterpret the language of estroflessione, bringing a historical search of Italian art back into contemporary sensibility. In today’s artistic landscape where this practice is now rarely developed by younger generations, his work stands out for its consistency and continuity of research, placing him among the few young artists – if not the rarest – to carry forward this language with a personal and current vision.

Each work is strictly handmade, through a careful and meticulous process that requires delicacy, precision, and great technical sensitivity. The construction of the extrusion and the monochrome surface stems from patient work in which every detail contributes to creating the balance between form, light, and space. Precisely because of this executive care and for the uniqueness of the creative process, works of this kind are today particularly rare and difficult to find, making each piece a unique item capable of uniting artistic research, technical quality, and strong aesthetic presence.

For these reasons Alessandro Alteo’s works represent not only recognizable and contemporary artistic research but also an interesting collector’s object and a potential investment in the contemporary art scene.

Parallel to this, the work opens up to urban culture and international Street Art, recalling artists and icons from the contemporary scene such as Banksy, Keith Haring, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Shepard Fairey (OBEY), JR, Invader, Space Invader, Jef Aerosol, C215, Futura 2000, COPE2, JonOne, D*Face, Os Gemeos, Seth, Speedy Graphito, Alec Monopoly, Vhils, Sandra Chevrier, Handiedan, Chuck Sperry, Borondo, PichiAvo, Orticanoodles, Saner, Inti, M-City, Levalet, DZIA, Dan23, Cranio, Dillon Boy, Chanoir, Hom Nguyen, André Saraiva, Mr Brainwash, Blek le Rat, Stik, Swoon, Blu, Faith47, Retna, Cleon Peterson, Hush, David de la Mano, Ethos, Pantonio, Rero, Gomor, Dan Witz, Add Fuel, Hopare, Fin DAC, Aryz, Escif, SpY, Kev Munday, Joseph Klibansky, Cole Morgan, Thierry Poncelet, Bruno Bani, Emilio Mortini, Aurélie Lafourcade, Cross Magri, Jürgen Angeler, Harleen, Caspa, Lasveguix, Moontje, Mr Oreke, Moabit, Slasky, Freda People, Michael Kenna, JonOne (1963), and other iconic references of urban culture and street art.

Alteo’s imagery also includes references to music, vinyl, photography, cinema, and urban pop culture, together with influences from design and contemporary luxury: Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, Omega, Richard Mille, Dior, Chanel, Hermès, Cartier, Prada, Bulgari, Louis Vuitton, Jacquemus, Bottega Veneta, Kartell, Eames, Artifort, and other symbols of global contemporary culture.

The stylistic signature of Alessandro Alteo resides in the synthesis between geometric rigor and lyrical sensitivity, where the circular form becomes a universal sign, a visual archetype, and a space for contemplation. This work represents a bridge between the Italian tradition of analytical and extrusion art and contemporary global sensitivity, integrating street art, pop art, and international visual culture, and is offered on Catawiki as a work with strong aesthetic identity and spatial presence.

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