PAArtist - THE BOUNCER
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Selected by Egidio Emiliano Bianco
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PAArtist – THE BOUNCER (2025), original edition in mixed media on panel, 60 × 50 cm, signed by hand, in excellent condition, from Italy, from the artist's collection, sold directly by the artist.
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The work depicts a human face emerging from a dark background, built through a dense stratification of painterly matter. The dominant use of white and black heightens the visual contrast, making the face almost a pale yet determined presence.
Stylistic features:
The painting unfolds through a rapid and incisive gesturality, made of scratched marks, overlaps, and erasures. The surface appears material and vibrant, with a construction of accumulation and subtraction that recalls languages related to informal art and neo-expressionism. The face is not described in a naturalistic way, but is decomposed and rebuilt through a symbolic synthesis that favors emotional intensity over formal definition.
The work investigates the theme of identity as an unstable and fragmented process. The face, rather than asserting itself as a defined presence, dissolves into the matter, suggesting a condition of isolation and inner tension. In line with the artist's poetics, distress becomes a creative engine: painting takes shape as a space of conflict between light and darkness, between appearance and annihilation, returning a deeply introspective and unsettling vision of the individual.
Provenance: Artist’s collection.
The work depicts a human face emerging from a dark background, built through a dense stratification of painterly matter. The dominant use of white and black heightens the visual contrast, making the face almost a pale yet determined presence.
Stylistic features:
The painting unfolds through a rapid and incisive gesturality, made of scratched marks, overlaps, and erasures. The surface appears material and vibrant, with a construction of accumulation and subtraction that recalls languages related to informal art and neo-expressionism. The face is not described in a naturalistic way, but is decomposed and rebuilt through a symbolic synthesis that favors emotional intensity over formal definition.
The work investigates the theme of identity as an unstable and fragmented process. The face, rather than asserting itself as a defined presence, dissolves into the matter, suggesting a condition of isolation and inner tension. In line with the artist's poetics, distress becomes a creative engine: painting takes shape as a space of conflict between light and darkness, between appearance and annihilation, returning a deeply introspective and unsettling vision of the individual.
Provenance: Artist’s collection.
Details
Artist
PAArtist
Sold with frame
No
Sold by
Direct from the artist
Edition
Original
Title of artwork
THE BOUNCER
Technique
Mixed technique
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2025
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
60 cm
Width
50 cm
Weight
200 g
Depiction/theme
Portrait
Style
Neo-Expressionism
Period
2020+
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