Vincenzo Raimondo - Fly: Little Things That Never Leave
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Vincenzo Raimondo presents Fly: Little Things That Never Leave, an original multicolour acrylic painting triptych with three canvases measuring 20x50 cm, 20x60 cm and 30x40 cm, hand-signed, from Italy, depicting a landscape in the year 2026, in good condition.
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***** Four paintings 20x50 - 20x60 - 30x40 *****
In this triptych from the Fly series, the artist returns to addressing childhood through three simple yet powerful symbols: a pair of dance shoes, a pacifier, and a rocking horse. Objects that seem suspended in time, pulled upward by colorful balloons, like memories that refuse to stay on the ground.
The tactile and minimalist background leaves room for pure emotion: the lightness of the early years, the nostalgia of forgotten games, that strange sensation whereby a single tiny detail can reopen entire worlds in the mind. It’s almost absurd how a painted pacifier can do more therapy than certain real people, but art, from time to time, has this bad habit of actually working.
The Fly series is born from the idea of transforming small everyday objects into symbols of memory, lightness, and freedom. Through minimalist compositions and wide tactile backgrounds, the focus shifts to essential details: balloons, suspended figures, and nostalgic echoes that evoke childhood, dreams, and shared memories.
Each work plays on the contrast between emptiness and color, between the simplicity of the composition and the emotional force of the subject. The small protagonist elements seem to float in space, creating a sense of quiet and suspension that makes the painting instantly recognizable and contemporary.
The tactile and deliberately imperfect surfaces dialogue with iconic symbols of pop culture and collective memory, giving life to poetic, ironic, and deeply evocative works. “Fly” is a series about lightness, but also about the emotional weight of memories that we continue to carry with us.
***Disclaimer***
Every work arises from the meeting between artistic expression and artisanal craftsmanship.
The painting represents the main creative element, while the support (canvas and materials) is an integral part of a careful and conscious production process.
The canvases used are selected with particular attention to quality and, where possible, environmental sustainability, favoring recycled materials or low-impact ones. In some cases, the supports may be handmade or finished, even through the reuse of materials.
Any slight imperfections in the support should not be considered defects, but evidence of the manual process and the artisanal nature of the product. These characteristics do not in any way compromise the artistic value and integrity of the work, but rather enhance its uniqueness.
Each painting is therefore to be understood as a unique piece, the result of a process that unites creativity, manual skill, and responsible attention to materials.
Seller's Story
“Art is born where imperfection stops being a defect and becomes language.”
Vincenzo Raimondo is an Italian contemporary artist born and active in Palermo. Self-taught, he develops a personal pictorial research that traverses material abstraction, minimalism and contemporary figuration, without adhering to rigid stylistic schemes.
His painting takes shape from the observation of daily life: common objects, memories, cultural symbols and emotional fragments are transformed into essential images, capable of creating a direct dialogue with the observer. The mark, the matter and the void become an integral part of the visual narration.
Over the years he has participated in artistic events, group exhibitions and improvised happenings in the Palermo area, maturing a recognizable language that combines visual immediacy and emotional research. His presence in local artistic initiatives and cultural manifestations has contributed to building an independent and coherent path.
Among the most relevant experiences are participation in group shows and artistic events in Palermo and exhibition activities related to the contemporary Sicilian creative landscape.
In 2015 and 2016 he was a finalist in the national competition Sunday Painters promoted by La Stampa as part of Artissima, distinguishing himself among thousands of participating artists. In 2016 he received the Critics’ Award, a recognition that marked a significant step in defining his artistic identity.
Raimondo’s production develops through several thematic series. Among these, the Fly series is one of the most recognizable: minimalist and poetic compositions in which small suspended elements evoke lightness, memory and the desire to escape. Alongside this pursuit coexist textural works, contemporary reinterpretations of Sicilian culture and pieces inspired by pop and cinematic imagery.
Each work is born from an instinctive and experimental process, where imperfection is welcomed as an authentic part of the creative journey. Raw surfaces, stratifications, deliberately irregular marks and materiality are not hidden but enhanced as living traces of the work itself.
For Raimondo, art is not mere decoration, but emotional presence: a direct and sincere way of transforming experiences, memory and observation into contemporary images.
Translated by Google Translate***** Four paintings 20x50 - 20x60 - 30x40 *****
In this triptych from the Fly series, the artist returns to addressing childhood through three simple yet powerful symbols: a pair of dance shoes, a pacifier, and a rocking horse. Objects that seem suspended in time, pulled upward by colorful balloons, like memories that refuse to stay on the ground.
The tactile and minimalist background leaves room for pure emotion: the lightness of the early years, the nostalgia of forgotten games, that strange sensation whereby a single tiny detail can reopen entire worlds in the mind. It’s almost absurd how a painted pacifier can do more therapy than certain real people, but art, from time to time, has this bad habit of actually working.
The Fly series is born from the idea of transforming small everyday objects into symbols of memory, lightness, and freedom. Through minimalist compositions and wide tactile backgrounds, the focus shifts to essential details: balloons, suspended figures, and nostalgic echoes that evoke childhood, dreams, and shared memories.
Each work plays on the contrast between emptiness and color, between the simplicity of the composition and the emotional force of the subject. The small protagonist elements seem to float in space, creating a sense of quiet and suspension that makes the painting instantly recognizable and contemporary.
The tactile and deliberately imperfect surfaces dialogue with iconic symbols of pop culture and collective memory, giving life to poetic, ironic, and deeply evocative works. “Fly” is a series about lightness, but also about the emotional weight of memories that we continue to carry with us.
***Disclaimer***
Every work arises from the meeting between artistic expression and artisanal craftsmanship.
The painting represents the main creative element, while the support (canvas and materials) is an integral part of a careful and conscious production process.
The canvases used are selected with particular attention to quality and, where possible, environmental sustainability, favoring recycled materials or low-impact ones. In some cases, the supports may be handmade or finished, even through the reuse of materials.
Any slight imperfections in the support should not be considered defects, but evidence of the manual process and the artisanal nature of the product. These characteristics do not in any way compromise the artistic value and integrity of the work, but rather enhance its uniqueness.
Each painting is therefore to be understood as a unique piece, the result of a process that unites creativity, manual skill, and responsible attention to materials.
Seller's Story
“Art is born where imperfection stops being a defect and becomes language.”
Vincenzo Raimondo is an Italian contemporary artist born and active in Palermo. Self-taught, he develops a personal pictorial research that traverses material abstraction, minimalism and contemporary figuration, without adhering to rigid stylistic schemes.
His painting takes shape from the observation of daily life: common objects, memories, cultural symbols and emotional fragments are transformed into essential images, capable of creating a direct dialogue with the observer. The mark, the matter and the void become an integral part of the visual narration.
Over the years he has participated in artistic events, group exhibitions and improvised happenings in the Palermo area, maturing a recognizable language that combines visual immediacy and emotional research. His presence in local artistic initiatives and cultural manifestations has contributed to building an independent and coherent path.
Among the most relevant experiences are participation in group shows and artistic events in Palermo and exhibition activities related to the contemporary Sicilian creative landscape.
In 2015 and 2016 he was a finalist in the national competition Sunday Painters promoted by La Stampa as part of Artissima, distinguishing himself among thousands of participating artists. In 2016 he received the Critics’ Award, a recognition that marked a significant step in defining his artistic identity.
Raimondo’s production develops through several thematic series. Among these, the Fly series is one of the most recognizable: minimalist and poetic compositions in which small suspended elements evoke lightness, memory and the desire to escape. Alongside this pursuit coexist textural works, contemporary reinterpretations of Sicilian culture and pieces inspired by pop and cinematic imagery.
Each work is born from an instinctive and experimental process, where imperfection is welcomed as an authentic part of the creative journey. Raw surfaces, stratifications, deliberately irregular marks and materiality are not hidden but enhanced as living traces of the work itself.
For Raimondo, art is not mere decoration, but emotional presence: a direct and sincere way of transforming experiences, memory and observation into contemporary images.
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Artist
Vincenzo Raimondo
Edition
Original
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Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
Fly: Little Things That Never Leave
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Good condition
Colour
Multicolour
Height
20 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
1 g
Depiction/theme
Landscape
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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