Vincenzo Raimondo - Endgame: Gravity Lost

Three frames 30x60 cm
The Fly series continues its journey into memories, but this time the tone changes. No longer just sweet nostalgia, but deeper emotional memory: of what unsettled us, marked us, accompanied us in moments when the imagination exceeded reality.

The hat, the balloon, the mask. Three recognizable elements, reduced to the essential, lightened until they become symbols. There is no violence, no evident tension. There is distance. And it is this very distance that creates something interesting: the viewer does not feel fear, but recognition.

This is where the work becomes intelligent. Because instead of showing you horror, it makes you remember when you felt it.

The minimalist aesthetic, now the artist’s hallmark, amplifies this effect: the white background, almost imperfect, leaves room for the void, while the small suspended subjects seem to float between past and present. The balloons, a recurring element in the series, become a thin thread between childhood and imagination, between play and unease.

At first it may seem strange. Horror treated this way, without darkness, without aggression. But it is precisely this choice that makes the triptych effective: it does not depict the film, it recalls the memory of the film.

And memory, as we know, is always lighter… but not less powerful.

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Vincenzo Raimondo – Contemporary Artist
“Art as observation and synthesis of the daily.”

Vincenzo Raimondo is an Italian artist based in Palermo. His research develops between material abstraction and figuration, in a free-spirited journey beyond fixed schemes.
His work arises from observing everyday reality, transformed into essential and direct images, where color and form become immediate expressive tools.

Recognitions and path
In 2015 and 2016 he was a finalist in the Sunday Painters competition promoted by La Stampa, within the Artissima context (Turin), among thousands of participants.
In 2016 he received the Critics’ Prize, an acknowledgment that marked an important moment in defining his artistic language.

Series and language
His production is articulated in several series, including Fly, in which he explores the theme of lightness and freedom through minimal and poetic compositions.
Alongside this, he develops works that reinterpret elements of Sicilian culture in a contemporary key, together with more abstract and tactile works.

Each work is a unique piece, created through a process that blends instinct and experimentation, not seeking perfection but with attention to the expressive force of the sign."