Vincenzo Raimondo - Fly: Beautiful Outsiders
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Vincenzo Raimondo’s original acrylic triptych Fly: Beautiful Outsiders (2026), multicoloured, 60 × 30 cm, hand-signed, in good condition, Italy, sold directly by the artist.
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In this triptych of the Fly series, the artist transforms three icons of animation into essential images suspended in time.
Jack Skellington, Wall•E and the chairs from Up become small symbols of solitude, love and the longing to escape, told with few signs and large empty spaces.
The minimalism of the composition leaves room for the viewer’s emotional memory: the films are not represented, but the sensations they left inside us. A lightness that is only apparent, which hides nostalgia, dreams and that childish need to keep looking at the sky.
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The Fly series arises from the idea of transforming small everyday objects into symbols of memory, lightness and freedom. Through minimalist compositions and wide matte backgrounds, the focus is on essential details: balloons, suspended figures and nostalgic allusions that evoke childhood, dreams and shared memories.
Each work plays on the contrast between empty space 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 silence and suspension that makes the painting immediately recognizable and contemporary.
The tactile and deliberately imperfect surfaces dialog with iconic symbols of pop culture and collective memory, giving life to poetic, ironic and deeply evocative works. “Fly” is a series that speaks of lightness, but also of the emotional weight of memories that we continue to carry with us.
***Disclaimer***
Each 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, to environmental sustainability, privileging recycled or low-impact materials. In some cases, the supports may be realized or finished artisanally, including through the reuse of materials.
Any slight imperfections of the support should not be considered defects, but testimonies of the manual process and the artisanal nature of the product. Such characteristics do not in any way compromise the artistic value and integrity of the work, but rather reinforce its uniqueness.
Therefore, each painting should be understood as a unique piece, the result of a production that blends creativity, manual craft 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 TranslateIn this triptych of the Fly series, the artist transforms three icons of animation into essential images suspended in time.
Jack Skellington, Wall•E and the chairs from Up become small symbols of solitude, love and the longing to escape, told with few signs and large empty spaces.
The minimalism of the composition leaves room for the viewer’s emotional memory: the films are not represented, but the sensations they left inside us. A lightness that is only apparent, which hides nostalgia, dreams and that childish need to keep looking at the sky.
****
The Fly series arises from the idea of transforming small everyday objects into symbols of memory, lightness and freedom. Through minimalist compositions and wide matte backgrounds, the focus is on essential details: balloons, suspended figures and nostalgic allusions that evoke childhood, dreams and shared memories.
Each work plays on the contrast between empty space 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 silence and suspension that makes the painting immediately recognizable and contemporary.
The tactile and deliberately imperfect surfaces dialog with iconic symbols of pop culture and collective memory, giving life to poetic, ironic and deeply evocative works. “Fly” is a series that speaks of lightness, but also of the emotional weight of memories that we continue to carry with us.
***Disclaimer***
Each 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, to environmental sustainability, privileging recycled or low-impact materials. In some cases, the supports may be realized or finished artisanally, including through the reuse of materials.
Any slight imperfections of the support should not be considered defects, but testimonies of the manual process and the artisanal nature of the product. Such characteristics do not in any way compromise the artistic value and integrity of the work, but rather reinforce its uniqueness.
Therefore, each painting should be understood as a unique piece, the result of a production that blends creativity, manual craft 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
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Sold with frame
No
Title of artwork
Fly: Beautiful Outsiders
Technique
Acrylic painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Good condition
Colour
Multicolour
Height
60 cm
Width
30 cm
Weight
1 g
Depiction/theme
Pop Culture
Style
Expressionism
Period
2020+
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